A number of civil-society organisations will form a coalition to address the problems that have beset the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), a joint statement issued on Wednesday said. This […]...
The article “Party for little ones” (Sowetan, 09/06/08, p.5) by Luzuko Pongoma is one to be glad of. The article is about a party for abused children living at the […]...
City Press is applauded by the Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for its article “Parents fight maintenance court bungle” (City Press, 08/06/08, Business Section, p.16) by Nhlanhla Ncaca. The article exposes […]...
Particular care needs to be taken in coverage of children who are perpetrators of crime as children are protected by the law and should be protected by ethical codes within […]...
MMP has been granted leave to appeal against the ruling of the Press Ombudsman in response to the complaint against the Daily Sun’s continued use of the word “alien” to […]...
After much speculation about the media’s influence on the recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence, Daily Sun is now subject of an official complaint about their coverage of non-nationals. The Media […]...
Sowetan’s article “Cops rescue children from farm” (27/05/08, p. 4) about children who were allegedly recruited to work at a bean farm in Mpumalanga over the March school holidays is one to […]...
Over the last month, the media has focused on the xenophobic attacks that have spread across South Africa, which, according to Smith (2008), have claimed 43 lives and left 23, […]...
This update represents the findings of the research done into the coverage of the racist incident that took place at the University of the Free State recently and the controversial […]...