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( MDDA
) was set up by an Act of Parliament (Act 14 of 2002) to
enable "historically disadvantaged communities and persons
not adequately served by the media" to gain access to the
media. It's beneficiaries will be community media and small
commercial media.
To
achieve its objective, the MDDA will:
- Encourage
ownership and control of, and access to, media by historically
disadvantaged communities, historically diminished indigenous
language and cultural groups;
- Encourage
the channelling of resources to community and small commercial
media;
- Encourage
human resource development and capacity building in the
media industry, especially amongst historically disadvantaged
groups;
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Encourage
research regarding media development and diversity
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Putting Climate Change on the Community Agenda… Pic by : Khanyisa Sinqe
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Yesterday afternoon we had a very useful but steamy debate on “Putting Climate Change on the Community Agenda”.
This was a round table debate organised by the Media Diversity and Development Agency (MDDA) in partnership with Inter Press Service Africa (IPS) to bring the focus on the role of community media at COP17.
We were engaged by a women led panel discussion which included: Ms Phelisa Nkomo (Board member MDDA), Ms Paula Fray (IPS Regional Director) and Ms Ann Lamont (Greenpeace Africa Executive Director), and moderated by Advocate Robin Sewlal
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