The MDDA (the Agency) is a statutory development agency for promoting and ensuring media development and diversity, set up as a partnership between the South African Government and major print and broadcasting companies to assist in (amongst others) developing community and small commercial media in South Africa. It was established in 2003, in terms of the MDDA Act, No 14 of 2002 and started providing grant funding to projects on the 29th January 2004. The MDDA presentation on 11 March 2010 was done by: