Ninth annual Media Kidocracy Konfrence next week
Bush Radio will host the ninth annual Media Kidocracy Konfrence (MKK) 8 - 12 December 2008 at St Agnes Primary School in Woodstock, Cape Town. Young people aged 12 - 18 will explore issues that are pertinent to themselves and their peers, as well as use different forms of media to develop a media campaign that will create social awareness. 5 Dec 2008 08:44

Beeld now on TV
DStv subscribers now have a news service in Afrikaans. The content of Beeld is now available on DStv as an interactive news channel, the Afrikaans newspaper announced yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, 3 December 2008. 4 Dec 2008 10:24

SABC names political coverage liaison/complaints officer
The SABC has appointed experienced senior journalist Zolile Majova as the news complaints officer who will deal with any problems political parties may experience with news and current affairs during the election campaign. The announcement was made yesterday, Wednesday, 4 December 2008. 4 Dec 2008 09:15

Public hearings on draft digital migration regs
NEWSWATCH: The public hearings on the draft digital migration regulations began last week, hosted by ICASA, and a South African blogger is being sued for defamation. 3 Dec 2008 09:03

Ghanaian wins 2008 Face of Africa
The M-Net Face of Africa 2008 finale, held on Saturday, November 29 at the SuperBowl in Sun City, South Africa came to a conclusion as 23-year-old Ghanaia, Kate Menson walked away with the sought-after title for 2008. 2 Dec 2008 10:10

Metro FM Music Awards special broadcast on SABC1
The recent ninth annual Metro FM Music Awards will be broadcast in a one-hour special at 10pm on SABC1 on Friday, 5 December 2008. 2 Dec 2008 08:42

Zoopy relaunches service and adds TV and mobile offerings - Zoopy
Zoopy, an online and mobile social media community based in South Africa, has unveiled an overhaul of their service, including a new identity, a new website and the introduction of two new services: Zoopy TV and Zoopy Mobile. 1 Dec 2008 12:50

SADC media houses launch HIV/AIDS policies
[Arthur Okwemba & Dumisani Gandhi] Today, Monday, 1 December 2008, over 130 media houses in 11 countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have publicly launched HIV and AIDS policies as part of commemorations to mark World Aids Day. The climax of a three-year Media Action Plan (MAP) on HIV and AIDS and Gender, simultaneous launches will take place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zambia. 1 Dec 2008 11:27

MMP rebrands to Media Monitoring Africa
Coinciding with its 15-year anniversary, the Media Monitoring Project rebranded last week to become Media Monitoring Africa and relaunched its website. The name change represents a realignment of its corporate identity to be more in line with the work it does. 1 Dec 2008 10:11

FESPACO 2009 call for entries
The 21st edition of the Pan-African Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) will take place 28 February - 7 March 2009 with "African cinema: tourism and cultural heritage" as the theme. The upcoming edition will coincide with the 40th anniversary of the festival and the 20th anniversary for the African Film Library of Ouagadougou. 28 Nov 2008 11:59

Hunt for SA's face of FTV is on
With South Africa fast becoming a hotbed of design talent now hosting its own annual Fashion Weeks, the expansion of the Fashion TV (FTV) empire into SA has found a loyal community of trendspotters and followers; now reaching 348 million viewers in 202 countries on five continents. Now for the first time, aspiring South African fashionistas will have the chance to join the global hunt for the esteemed FTV runway title. 28 Nov 2008 11:29

FIFA completes distribution of 2010 TV rights
With the awarding of the free-to-air terrestrial TV rights to the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), FIFA completed its worldwide placement and distribution structure of the 2010 media rights on Tuesday, 25 November, 2008. 28 Nov 2008 09:51

Confederations Cup media accreditation process
The accreditation process for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 will be launched on 5 January 2009 via the FIFA Media Channel. The deadline for accreditation applications is 6 February 2009. 28 Nov 2008 09:00