Section 154 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act of 2021[1] is clear on cases when the media can and cannot identify children. It is therefore concerning that the media continue […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Weekend Argus a MAD[1] for indirectly identifying child victims who are reported to have been allegedly bullied at school by their classmate. “Mitchells Plain school […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned with the level of negligence demonstrated by News24 in coverage of a crime involving a child. The story in question indirectly identifies the child […]...
A father gives his children energy drinks laced with poison, three of them die, one is critically ill in hospital and one survives as he/she didn’t consume the drink. Rightfully, […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives DispatchLIVE a MAD[1] for an article indirectly identifying children who witnessed the killing of their mother and their two aunts and, were themselves harmed in the […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Cape Argus for its story titled, “[Name withheld] Primary School secretary laid to rest after being gunned down” (11/04/2022). The MAD is given because the story […]...
Accessing children, ventilating their views on matters that involve them and protecting their identities when necessary are some of the most important journalistic ethics that which journalists ought to abide […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a MAD[1] for an article where a child is interviewed, an action potentially subjecting the child to further trauma. The article titled, “Baby daddy bust for alleged murder” (Daily Sun, 12/02/2022) reports ...
The media has a responsibility to protect children in their coverage of the children especially when there is a potential for harm. Unfortunately, a child who was sexually abused was […]...