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Articles from February 2007

Monday, February 12, 2007

Addressing the state of the media
By MMP @ 10:15 AM :: 525 Views :: 0 Comments

Following President Mbeki’s state of the nation address, the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) would like to add the following state of the media in South Africa observations. In line with the MMP’s mandate we looked at a number of human rights issues and their relationship to the media. These include press freedom, race and racism, gender, HIV and AIDS, children, and the local government elections.

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