Deadline: 17-Jul-23
The Media Development and Diversity Agency is accepting applications for its grant program promoting and ensuring media development and diversity.
The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a partnership between the South African Government and major print and broadcasting companies to assist in, amongst others, developing community and small commercial media in South Africa.
Vision
- Accessible, developmental, diversified, and sustainable community and small commercial media.
Mission
- To support the development of a vibrant, innovative, sustainable, and people-centred community and small commercial media sector through resourcing, critical sector insights, capacity-building and ensuring inclusive participation of historically disadvantaged communities.
Values
- The guiding principles that inform our organisation’s culture and leadership and management style are embedded in the African ethos of Ubuntu/Botho. They are developmental in our orientation and character and a responsive, accountable, and empathetic organisation. This spirit is embedded in the following values that sustain them.
Mandate
- The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Mandate is to:
- Create an enabling environment for media development and diversity which reflects the needs and aspirations of all South Africans.
- Redress exclusion and marginalisation of disadvantaged communities and persons from access to the media and the media industry.
- Promote media development and diversity by providing support primarily to community and small commercial media projects.
- Encourage ownership and control of, and access to, media by historically disadvantaged communities as well as by historically diminished indigenous language and cultural groups.
- Encourage the development of human resources and training, and capacity building, within the media industry, especially amongst historically disadvantaged groups.
- Encourage the channelling of resources to the community media and small commercial media sectors.
- Raise public awareness with regard to media development and diversity issues.
Target Audiences
- Historically disadvantaged communities;
- Historically diminished language and cultural groups; and
- Inadequately served communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community Media
- Projects that are registered as a Section 21, NPO, NGO or CBO can apply for this category.
- Small commercial media
- Projects that are registered as a Sole Proprietorship; Close Corporation or Private Company can apply in this category.
- Essential Requirements
- Community Broadcast projects must be
- Registered as a Section 21 company, NPO, NGO or CBO.
- Hold a valid Class Broadcast Service Licence.
- Hold a valid tax compliance certificate.
- Community Print/Digital projects must be
- Registered as a Section 21 company, NPO, NGO or CBO.
- Hold a valid tax compliance certificate.
- Small commercial print/digital media projects must:
- Be registered as sole proprietorship, close corporation or private company.
- Qualify as “independent media enterprises or initiatives that are run for personal gain as micro, very small or small business as classified in the National Small Business Act, 1996.”
- Hold a valid tax compliance certificate.
- Community Broadcast projects must be
For more information, visit Media Development and Diversity Agency.