News - MMA in the Media
- ETV’s report on Ukuthwala, Human Trafficking & The Media
Child right’s groups have called for the abolishment of Ukuthwala.The South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children says the tradition is criminal and is fueling human trafficking.
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- Visual Stories of Human Trafficking’s Victims
“Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy to be covering the issue of human trafficking as a photographer” - Melanie Hamman explains what motivates her to work as a photographer documenting modern slavery in South Africa.
(As published by the Niemen Foundation for Journalism at Harvard)
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- Sensational & exaggerated reporting hinders efforts to tackle human trafficking
Media Monitoring Africa says sensational and exaggerated reporting on human and child trafficking can often lead to a failure to address the real issue. MMA held an exhibition on Child Protection and Trafficking in Johannesburg. Key to developing the exhibit was the participation of children.
Richelle Seton-Rodgers reported on the exhibition for SAFM 105.1 FM on Midday Live 24 November 2010
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- The travesty of human trafficking in SA
Renowned South African human rights lawyer George Bizos was moved to tears by the abuses highlighted in an exhibition on human trafficking in South Africa, launched at Constitutional Hill, writes Jackie Bischof for journalism.co.za.
The exhibition will run through mid-December and is part of Media Monitoring Africa’s interrogation of the media’s coverage of human trafficking in the country before, during and after the 2010 World Cup.
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- Website to highlight truth in trafficking
Bizcommunity.com reports on MMA’s efforts to lift the veil on human trafficking in South Africa.
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