In acknowledgement of Radio Awareness Month (November 2019), the Honourable Deputy Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, Ms Thembi Siweya, will, tomorrow (12 November 2019), engage with local communities at an outreach to be held in Colesberg, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape, in order to create awareness around the importance of access to the media by historically disadvantaged communities. The engagement will be hosted by the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) as part of its mandate to raise awareness around the need for media development and diversity, and will focus on both the value of community media and the services of the MDDA and other stakeholders in supporting the growth and sustainability of community media projects.
The outreach is part of an ongoing media awareness campaign by the Deputy Minister and the MDDA to support and drive the sustainability of a community media sector. The campaign is focused on "giving a voice" to those historically disadvantaged communities, both geographic and interest-based, marginalised by the mainstream media, as well as by other stakeholders.
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