Parliament, Monday, 20 2020 – The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications, Mr Boyce Maneli has, on behalf of the committee, invited members of the public, institutions and interested parties to nominate suitable persons to fill the four vacancies at the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board, in terms of Section 4 of the MDDA Act of 2002.

The MDDA was created to enable historically disadvantaged communities and persons that are not adequately served by the media to gain access to the media. The beneficiaries are community and small commercial media.

Mr Maneli said that a board member should be a South African citizen who is permanently residing in the Republic and committed to fairness, freedom of expression, openness and accountability as well as a representative of a broad cross-section of the population of the Republic.

“Candidates should possess suitable qualifications, expertise and experience in the fields of, amongst others, community media; social, labour and development issues; economics, financial management and funding. Furthermore, they should also be experienced in the fields of advertising and marketing; journalism and broadcast programming; media research; media training, literacy and education; media law and Information and communication technology policy; or any other related expertise and qualifications,” said Mr Maneli.

Written nominations must contain the full name and address of the individual or institution that is making a nomination; the nominee’s signed acceptance of the nomination and his or her Curriculum Vitae, with information including, full name; ID number; gender; contact address; telephone and fax numbers as well as e-mail address; previous experience which quotes the dates and organisations concerned; certified copies of academic qualifications and identity document.

All nominations and enquiries should be addressed to the Committee Secretary, Mr Thembinkosi Ngoma, at 3rd floor, 90 Plein Street, Cape Town 8000. Alternatively, they can also be emailed to tngoma@parliament.gov.za or faxed to 086 522 5740. Telephonic enquiries can be made to 021 403 3733 or 083 709 8407.

The closing date for nominations is Friday, 14 February 2020 at 16:00. No late submissions will be considered. Candidates who previously applied should re-apply as previous nominations will not be considered.

ISSUED BY PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS, MR BOYCE MANELI

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