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- Daily Sun angry at the practice of ‘Ukuthwala’
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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is GLAD that Daily Sun’s editorial “Ukuthwala is an evil that must be ended” (15/11/2010, p. 8) scrutinised this children’s and gender rights abuse from multiple angles.
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- Daily Sun accesses young football star.
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“Reaching for the stars!” (Daily Sun, 12/11/2010, p.42) receives a GLAD from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for portraying a child in a positive light and affording him the opportunity to express himself.
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- Gratuitous images of children not in their best interest
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Images of children that failed to uphold their rights to privacy and dignity and were clearly not in their best interests were published alongside Daily Sun’s “Raw bones fur lunch!” (12/11/2010, p. 3) and Beeld’s “Baba was op skoot toe motor hulle tref” (10/11/2010 p.1 & p.5)
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- The Citizen discredits its own efforts to protect a rape victim
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The Citizen undermined its own efforts to protect the identity of a child rape victim by indirectly identifying her. As a result it gets a Mad from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA).
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- Rape is rape: media’s role in reporting the alleged gang rape of a school girl
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On Thursday 4th November 2010 an 8th grade girl was allegedly gang raped by three schoolboys on the high school’s premises. The incident was allegedly filmed by students using mobile phones.
Numerous aspects of how this story has been reported have given Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) cause for concern.
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- Sowetan gives children a voice
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An article by Sowetan “One home, school and food garden” (28/10/2010 p. 14) was selected for a GLAD for accessing children, portraying them in a positive light, and challenging stereotypes.
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- Sunday Times gives graphic description of teenager’s attack
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Sunday Times’ “Men, women set fire to girl, 16” (17/10/2010 p.7) is one to be mad about. The child victim was interviewed about a violent assault just weeks after it happened, and the incident and the child’s injuries were described in graphic detail.
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- The Star shines light on a boy with a courageous story to tell.
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The Star gets a glad for publishing an article about a courageous and selfless boy with an inspiring story to tell. The child was accessed and his identity was protected, in the article “A boy and his dogs” (The Star, 12/10/2010, p.13).
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- SABC indirectly identifies alleged child rape victims and abandoned children.
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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned that on two occasions during the month of October, SABC indirectly identified vulnerable children when it was not in their best interests to do so. In both cases the children were in such vulnerable positions that they were entitled to special legal protection.
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- Daily Sun urged to be consistent in its approach to vulnerable children.
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Daily Sun provides examples of best and worst practice in media minimising harm to children.
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