In a problematic society such as South Africa, where the media have their hands full in reporting on violent crime, it is not surprising to see gruesome visuals of dead […]...
The African Eye News Service (AENS) article by Thabisile Khoza and Tshwarelo Mogakane, “School kids riot over Cup stadium” (City Press, 28/09/08, p. 8 [1]), about the arrest of school pupils who […]...
Adorned with photographs of children playing soccer, the article “Soccer festival pulls in the kids” (The Star, 29/09/08, p. 5), failed in all respects to present children’s views and opinions on an […]...
The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) applauds City Press for publishing an article that relates to the facilitation and fulfilment of children’s rights to education and an adequate standard of living. The article, “Feeding […]...
Sowetan is brought to task by the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) for poor reporting on a crime against a child. “’Racist’ teacher assaults pupil” (25/09/08, p.8) fails on all accounts to […]...
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) is sticking its guns and will proceed with an urgent submission to the president regarding the constitutionality of the “controversial” Films Publications Amendment […]...
School violence acts like canaries in a gold mine; it shows us that something is wrong with our society, and for this reason it is newsworthy. Similar too, the way […]...
The Media Monitoring Project (MMA) congratulates Sunday World for the article “Healer kept kids as sex slaves” by Mthetho Ndoni (14/09/08, p.12). The article deserves to be nominated as a […]...
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment on a ban prohibiting journalists from reporting on divorce cases. Earlier this year, the Cape High Court ruled that Section 12 of the Divorce […]...