The article in Business Day, “A new view of energetic children” (15/07/09, p. 7) by Jeannette Moninger is one to be glad of. The enlightening article has a “feel good” photograph and educates […]...
As a key source of information, media has a responsibility to respect, protect, facilitate and fulfil children’s rights. The Star, through a series of articles ( “I’m afraid he may rape me” , […]...
The Sunday Times feature, “The changing face of the South African family” (12/07/09, p. 3) on South Africa’s diverse families is to be commended. The feature illustrated, through a number of articles and profiles, […]...
Daily Sun’s article, “Dumped in misery” (03/07/09, p.4) by Gregory Peterson about four children abandoned by their parents is one to be glad of. It brought attention to a case […]...
Since the exposure of initiation rituals at Parktown Boys’ High and Pinetown Boys’ High, media have been giving more attention to stories on bullying and the causes and effects of […]...
For Youth Day on 16 June 2009 The Star undertook a novel project to have children write on the Confederations Cup. In the Youth Day edition of the newspaper, the project took […]...
With all the excitement and media coverage on the Fifa 2010 World Cup, there has been little attention given to children’s views on its impact and benefits. The article in The […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend City Press and Mokgadi Seabi for the article“Surviving a hellish life with parents” (07/06/08, p. 35) which addresses the issue of children who become carers […]...
During Child Protection Week, Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula announced that the new administration was considering re-introducing specialised units to deal with child abuse cases. In the wake of this […]...