Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong) profile picture

Online Content Creator,Writer @ Sunday Standard/The Telegraph newspaper. Former Morning Show Producer, News Reporter/Reader & Traffic Reporter @ GabzFM.

Beijing
Joined June 2013
Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)Photo by Mmapula (@MmapulaMolapong)
2/2 Join us on Zoom; Topic: Economic Pressures and Media Sustainability Time: Nov 3, 2026 02:30 PM Johannesburg Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/8180049599… Meeting chat link us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/81… Meeting ID: 818 0049 5992 Passcode: 681175 @PiersPigou @ogagare @moyo_herbert
4
6
145
1/2 Across Africa, declining advertising revenue & financial insecurity are threatening the sustainability & independence of journalism. Join us @zoetitus @loughtydube1 @GoldenMatonga @MmapulaMolapong on Tuesday, Nov 3 @2.30pm CAT in exploring challenges and practical solutions.
1
4
1
2
222
Join us @NjabuloNcube19 @PascalinahK @estaciosvaloi & Michael Schimdt in our webinar on political interference & media capture in Southern Africa @2.30pm CAT today. Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8220579300…?… Meeting ID: 822 0579 3003 Passcode: 593978 @PiersPigou @ndiL3O @julianrademeyer
1
8
11
381
2/2 IPI call on authorities to immediately drop the malicious charges, decriminalise defamation, and cease targeting reporters exposing environmental crimes. The summons came over a month after the return of his devices following a 3-month seizure. buff.ly/eH3DYM1
1
159
🇲🇿 Mozambique: Investigative journalist Estacio Valoi has received a summons for a criminal defamation hearing on October 26. IPI condemns the continued judicial harassment of Valoi for reporting on illegal timber export by Safi Timber in Beira city.
1
2
1
2
433
Find the recording to Intelwatch's roundtable about responding to Legal and Regulatory Threats to the media in Southern Africa: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Do not forget to subscribe to the channel for more updates. #Intelwatch #southernafrica #mediafreedom
4
5
128
3/3 Join us on Zoom; Topic: PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOM: Responding to Legal and Regulatory Threat Time: Oct 20, 2026 02:30 PM Johannesburg Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/8765808959… Meeting chat link us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/87… Meeting ID: 876 5808 9595 Passcode: 261655
4
6
195
2/3 The webinar builds on Intelwatch's research mapping threats to the media in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique. It aims to identify priority threats & explore practical legal responses & oppotunities for collaboration.
1
4
5
179
1/3 The media in southern Africa is facing various threats. Join @IntelwatchNews @TabaniMoyo @Nicole_Fritz @YourKayBol @MmapulaMolapong @ogagare in examing regional advocacy initiatives on legal & regulatory threats affecting the media on Tuesday, 20 October, @ 14:30CAT on Zoom.
1
9
3
12
960
Replying to @IntelwatchNews @2
2/2 In our webinars we dont look at problems only; we examine possible solutions. Join @Henri_Count @ZwelethuDlamin4 Melisa Msweli & Jabu Matsebula in discussions us06web.zoom.us/j/8315233997…?… Meeting chat link us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/83…… Meeting ID: 831 5233 9977 Passcode: 300510
2
1
30
1/2 Our report on threats facing the media says the Eswatini Communications Commission should have a transparent advertising policy to ensure the equitable distribution of gvmt adverts across all media houses. Join us @2.30pm CAT today as we discuss the situation in Eswatini.
1
3
3
119
1/2 Join us & @PascalinahK @BillyNtaote @MajirataL @SelloaneNyakane today @2.30pm CAT as we discuss the multi-faceted threats facing the media in #Lesotho as well as potential areas for advocacy. From killings & shootings, unfriendly laws & sustainability - the threats are wide.
1
5
6
169
Big Tech is taking the bulk of ad revenue while journalism suffers. Declining revenues are contributing to job loses while leaving newsrooms vulnerable to influence & capture. Join us on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/j/8903683342…?… @2.30pm today as we discuss threats facing the SA media.
6
5
255
Join @IntelwatchNews @estaciosvaloi @anhantumbomoz @tomqueface & Noémia Dimene today @ 2.30pm CAT as we discuss threats affecting the Mozambican media using the link; us06web.zoom.us/j/8682395499… Our research; intelwatch.org.za/wp-content… found that journalists in #Moza face many threats
7
7
220
Join @IntelwatchNews on Zoom today @1430hrs as we discuss threats facing threats facing the media in Botswana. The media is under pressure from multiple fronts simultaneously. Join us using the link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8447707230… @rorisangmogojwe @MmapulaMolapong @Gabz_FM @TheVoiceBW
8
1
5
332
2/2 Co-author of "A Democracy at the Crossroads", chair of the Botswana Editors Forum Jeannie Olesitse, journalist @kaboramasia and Tachilisa Badala Balule, an Associate Professor of Law @ the University of Botswana will be panelists. @BOCONGO2 @rorisangmogojwe @spencermogapi
7
8
365
1/2 In Botswana, you don't get killed for your stories, you get silenced through the pocket and the processor," said an editor quoted in @IntelwatchNews report. Join us on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/j/8447707230… tomorrow @ 2.30pm CAT as we discus threats affecting the media in Botswana.
1
7
7
290
2/2 The acting chair of the Botswana Editors Forum Jeannie Olesitse, season journalist @kaboramasia and Tachilisa Badala Balule, an Associate Professor of Law @ the University of Botswana will be panelists. The report reveals the media is under pressure from multiple fronts.
6
5
430
1/2 Join @IntelwatchNews, co-arthur of “A Democracy at the Crossroads” @MmapulaMolapong and high-powered panelists on Zoom @1430hrs on Thursday 23 April 2026, to discuss threats affecting the media in Botswana. Here is the link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8447707230…
1
10
7
457
2/2 “A Democracy at the Crossroads” reveals that Botswana’s media is not collapsing, but is under pressure from multiple fronts. Reform is urgent. Read more: intelwatch.org.za/wp-content…… @BOCONGO2 @MmegiOnline @SunStd_bw @BotswanaMisa @gijnAfrica @MISARegional @CPJAfrica
4
3
90