EISA Election Update Eight SA Elections 2014: the Media And
Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa 14 Park Rd · Richmond · Johannesburg · PO Box 740 · Auckland Park · 2006 · South Africa Tel: (+27) 11 381 6000 · www.eisa.org.za South Africa 2014 Election Updates EISA Election Update Eight www.electionupdate.org.za Editorial Team: Ebrahim Fakir, Waseem Holland & Kerryn Kotler; EISA Copy Editing and Proofreading: Professor Craig MacKenzie; University of Johannesburg Website: Duncan Russell SA Elections 2014: The Media and Provincial Cabinet Composition Contents “Is there a good story to tell about the South African media coverage of the country’s 2014 national and provincial elections?” Wellington Radu & William Bird, Media Monitoring Africa page 2 Western Cape page 14 Dr Cherrel Africa, Head of Department, Political Studies, University of Western Cape North West page 20 Dr Ina Gouws, North West University, Vaal Triangle Campus Eastern Cape page 25 Lashiola Kutya, Malachia Mathoho, Sibulele Poswayo and Stephen Shisanya – Afesis-corplan Gauteng page 31 Waseem Holland, Independent Researcher Mpumalanga page 33 Oupa Makhalemele, Independent Researcher Northern Cape page 36 Obakeng Bonokwane, Independent Researcher Free State page 38 Dr Sethulego Matebesi, Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of the Free State KwaZulu Natal page 42 Shauna Mottiar, Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal 1 Is there a good story to tell about the South African media coverage of the country’s 2014 national and provincial elections? Introduction South Africa held its fifth democratic national and provincial elections on 7 May 2014. Elections not only represent the possibility of instituting political change in a democracy, they also provide an opportunity to examine the role the media play in either contributing to or undermining free and fair elections.
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