The SANEF Elections Portal provides useful resources for journalists reporting on elections, including training materials, elections updates and resources, and an elections dashboard.
(2024), 2024 Elections Resources, 2024 Regulatory Framework
For every election ICASA issues a set of regulations, mainly focused on the scheduling of political election broadcasts and advertisements – but one of the annexures to the regulations, the Guidelines for editorial coverage, has remained the same since 2014. The Guidelines provide editors and journalists with advice on the implementation of the legal requirements to […]
(2024), 2024 Elections Resources, 2024 Regulatory Framework
The legislated electoral Code of Conduct requires political parties and candidates to respect the role of the media during elections. It reads: Every party and every candidate— (1) must respect the role of the media before, during and after an election; (2) may not prevent access by members of the media to public political meetings, […]
(2024), 2024 Elections Resources, 2024 Regulatory Framework, 2024 Reporting Resources
The Political Advert Repository (PAdRe or Padre) is an IEC initiative, supported by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA). This initiative is in line with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ Guidelines On Access To Information And Elections In Africa. We know that bad actors will seek to misinform and undermine the elections. When you see […]
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