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• MDDA WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBERS - 1 September 2020

• DEPUTY MINISTERS THEMBI SIWEYA AND PINKY KEKANA TO LEAD WOMEN’S MONTH PANEL DISCUSSION ON GBV - 20 August 2020

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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
   

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• 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 -
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• 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
   

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• MEDIA STATEMENT: THE MDDA BOARD APPROVES 31 COMMUNITY PRINT AND BROADCAST PROJECTS FOR GRANT FUNDING

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• Johannesburg, South Africa, 01 April 2021 – On the 25th of February 2021, the Board of the MDDA met and deliberated over and approved grant and seed funding for 22 community radio stations across provinces & on the 18th of March 2021, the Board further approved grant and seed funding for 9 community and small commercial print media projects.

• These approved projects were part of the total overall number of 158 applications that responded to the 2020/21 Call for Grant Funding Applications for a six-week period, which officially opened on 15 October 2020 and closed on 30 November 2020. Of these applications, 78 were community broadcast media projects, including radio and TV and 80 were community print and digital publications, which were a combination of community print, small commercial print and digital media projects.

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