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• MDDA LAUNCHES SECOND PHASE OF EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND TO COMMUNITY AND SCM MEDIA SECTOR - 25 May 2020

• MDDA URGES UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES TO APPLY FOR COMMUNITY SOUND BROADCASTING LICENCE - 8 May 2020.

• MDDA EXTENDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY AND SCM MEDIA SECTOR - 30 March 2020. 

• MoUs AIM TO PROMOTE ENHANCED MEDIA DIVERSITY AND STRENGTHEN SKILLS OF COMMUNITY AND SMALL COMMERCIAL MEDIA SECTOR - 4 MARCH 2020

• ZUKISWA POTYE APPOINTED AS MDDA CEO - 22 JANUARY 2020

• APPLICANTS FOR MDDA FUNDING TO BE ADVISED OF APPLICATION OUTCOME IN EARLY 2020 - 18 NOVEMBER 2019

• DEPUTY MINISTER UNVEILS STATE-OF-THE-ART STUDIO AT UGU YOUTH RADIO 93.4 FM - 27 SEPTEMBER 2019

• MEDIA STATEMENT: MDDA CALLS FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA TO INITIATE DIALOGUE ON ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE -
  5 SEPTEMBER 2019

• MDDA IMPLEMENTS NEW PROJECT FUNDING APPLICATION PROCESS - 6 APRIL 2019

• MDDA MDDA COMMEMORATES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2019 - 3 MAY 2019

• MDDA Media Statement - Response to M&G article - 5 APRIL 2019

• MDDA RECONFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE DIVERSITY - 21 FEBRUARY 2019

• INCREASED FOCUS REQUIRED ON CAPACITATING COMMUNITY MEDIA IN COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNANCE - 12 November 2018

• TAKING COMMUNITY MEDIA TO THE FUTURE _ OPINION PIECE (PUBLISHED IN THE SOWETAN) - 13 August 2018

• SECTOR-WIDE SUMMIT TO SEEK LASTING SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES FACING COMMUNITY MEDIA - 27 July 2018

• PROMOTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTING THROUGH COMMUNITY MEDIA- 19 March 2018

• COMMUNITY MEDIA CAPACITATED ON REDUCING HIV/TB STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION - 9 March 2018

• MDDA PRESENTS IMPACT STUDY IN PARLIAMENT - 28 February 2018

• MDDA RECONFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE DIVERSITY - 20 February 2018

• MDDA HONOURS COMMUNITY RADIO ON WORLD RADIO DAY - 13 February 2018

• MDDA RAISES CONCERN OVER CRIME WAVE HITTING COMMUNITY MEDIA SECTOR - 9 February 2018

• CONDOLENCES: LIBBY LLOYD - MDDA'S FOUNDING CEO - 22 January 2018

• ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KIDNAPPING OF SHIRAAZ MOHAMED IN SYRIA - 9 January 2018

• BALOYI APPOINTED AS MDDA ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - 20 December 2017

• MDDA BOARD APPOINTS ACTING CHAIRPERSON - 30 November 2017

• MDDA URGES RESTRAINT IN THE MATTER BETWEEN ZCC AND TISO BLACKSTAR - 22 September 2017

• JUNE IS YOUTH MONTH - 16 June 2017

• APPOINTMENT OF MR THEMBA TC DLAMINI AS MDDA CEO - 11 January 2017

• INAUGURAL AGM OF EERSTERUS COMMUNITY RADIO, PRETORIA - 16 September 2016

• COMMUNITY MEDIA SECTOR SEES CONTINUED GROWTH - 11 August 2016

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MDDA LAUNCHES SECOND PHASE OF COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND - 25 May 2020.

The Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) has launched its second phase of COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding open to all community and small commercial (SCM) media projects across South Africa, from 25 May 2020. This follows the end of the first phase of the Fund, which ran in March and April of 2020, with some R10 million being disbursed to 116 community broadcasters and 115 community and SCM publications in R45,000 relief packages, per station/publisher.

To apply for the fund please download

• Community Broadcast Emergency Funding
  Community and SCM Print/Digital Media Emergency Funding