Dan Moyane appointed to MDDA board

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a statutory development agency for promoting, supporting and ensuring media development and diversity, set up as a partnership between the South African Government and major print and broadcasting media companies, in terms of the MDDA Act No. 14 of 2002.

Moyane represents the broadcast media in the board in terms of Section 4 (1) (c) of the MDDA Act. The president further renewed the terms of office of Ingrid Louw and Baby Tyawa for a further three-year term of office.

Moyane is the group CEO of Mazole Holdings, a marketing, media and business communications company. He has been in the radio broadcasting industry for 28 years (1980 - 2008), 11 of which were spent in the public broadcaster in Mozambique, 15 of which in a private commercial broadcaster in South Africa and nearly two of which in SA's public broadcaster.

Stated Lumko Mtimde, MDDA CEO, "During this career, Dan worked his way up from a trainee reporter to a news editor, from a news reader to a talk show host, and from a station manager to an executive chairman of a subsidiary of a JSE-listed company. He is reliable and diplomatic with an excellent understanding of broadcasting and political trends, combined with professional integrity, leadership qualities and management skills.

“The MDDA welcomes the new board members, commit to working with and supporting them, look forward to their leadership and guidance in the governance of the agency, and wish them all the best in the quest to pursue the mandate enshrined in the MDDA Act.”

The new members will take an oath or affirmation tomorrow, Thursday 29 January, committing them to fairness, freedom of expression, openness and accountability, and upholding and protecting the constitution and other laws of the Republic of SA.

For more, go to www.mdda.org.za or the MDDA's press office on Bizcommunity.com.