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The communications ministry to contend with shrinking budget, as Cabinet approves reductions to the department’s fiscal allocation by R727.9 million over the medium-term period.

The rapidly looming analogue switch-off has the potential to make or break free-to-air television in South Africa.

Two government departments are working on new food-related legislation that will hopefully address the long delays in restricting the marketing of unhealthy foods to children. In Part Three of an investigation looking at how marketing influences unhealthy food choices by children and their pare...

A new white paper proposal from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is set to enforce locally produced content on digital streaming services, with Netflix zeroed in. The paper also seeks to apply other regulations to these services, according to Business Tech. The white paper proposal, contained in the department’s Audio and Audio-Visual Content […]

Week2: Weekly trends – Egg on their Facebook Through Real411, Media Monitoring Africa has been tracking disinformation trends on digital platforms since the end of March 2020. Using the Real411 platform we have analysed disinformation trends that have largely focused on Covid-19. To date, slightly fewer than 1,300 complaints have been submitted to the platform since March 2020, with relevant action being taken where necessary. The image below gives some insight into the spread of platforms where complaints have originated.    Over the period, since March 2020, content published on Twitte...