Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Nebo Legoabe as a member of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (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.
Legoabe, who is Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Provincial and Local Liaison at the Government Communication and Information System, fills in the vacancy and replaces Ms Baby Tyawa, who left the GCIS and has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Gambling Board.
"We look forward to her leadership and guidance in the governance of the Agency, and wish her all the best in the quest to pursue the mandate enshrined in the MDDA Act," MDDA, CEO Lumko Mtimde said in a statement.
Mtimde also thanked Tyawa, who has been appointed as the CEO of the National Gambling Board, for her contribution to the South African media sector.
"The MDDA takes this opportunity to thank Ms Baby Tyawa for her contribution towards the facilitation of development and diversity in the South African media sector, media freedom and to the promotion of the right to freedom of expression enshrined in our Constitution," said Mtimde.
Meanwhile, Mtimde urged other new print media groups to assist in building a diverse, vibrant and creative media that reflects the needs of all South Africans.
