Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to IOL for flouting the Maintenance Act by indirectly identifying the children involved through their parents. “Dads still dodge maintenance” (IOL, 22/07/2018) reports on parents who fail […]...
Substance abuse is a serious problem that South Africa is battling with. For the reason that the challenge has huge implications for many children in South Africa as it potentially […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) frowns upon media houses that fail to protect identities of children who have witnessed and/or are victims of abuse as not doing so potentially exposes the […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Sunday Sun for indirectly identifying children in maintenance disputes in two of its articles. The first article, “[Name withheld] must just […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD to the article “Cape pupils in hot water after an attack on classmate goes viral” (Daily Voice, 05/03/2018) published via IOL, which accesses […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA)’s MAD[1] of the week goes to The Post for potentially re-traumatising a child victim of sexual assault by interviewing her about the incident. The article “Teen […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Sowetan for indirectly identifying a child allegedly at the receiving hand of discrimination from her school because of her hairstyle. “Mom, school […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to The Post for its article published on the IOL website in which a sexually assaulted child was made to relive a traumatic experience through […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) always urges media to adequately protect the identities of child victims and/or witnesses of abuse when it is not in their best interests to be identified. […]...