Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) condemns Sunday Times for showing an invasive image of children urinating. The picture published alongside a story titled “Provinces fail to fund poorest pupils”(Sunday Times, 09/06/2013 p.4), draws attention […]...
The article “‘I sleep with the house keys under my pillow’” (Sowetan, 10/04/2013, p.9) indirectly identifies a teen who is reportedly heavily addicted to drugs. The article therefore receives a MAD1from Media […]...
The articles, “Police hunt for brutal killers of six” (The New Age, 11/03/2013, p.1), “Cops hunt gunmen after six family members slain” (The Star, 12/03/2013, p.6) and “Net closing in on killers”(The New Age, 15/03/2013, […]...
We have taken Cherise to a counsellor and she is getting better. But she is scared of police officers. Whenever she sees a police car, she looks for her dad […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) acknowledges The New Age’s effort of highlighting the challenges that children are imbued with on a daily basis. However, MMA is even more concerned about the ethical challenges […]...
The article, “Shot pupil on the mend” (Sowetan, 18/02/2013, p.7) raises red flags on reporting on children in the media. The article awarded a MAD,1 bears testimony to the ethical and legal challenges […]...
Daily Sun’s “Butcher! Man bust after woman’s head is cut off in bloody muthi killing!” (13/02/2013, p.1) and Sowetan’s “Bust Burying wife in yard” (14/02/2013, p.2) are articles which have received a MAD1 from Media Monitoring […]...
Children living in Motsoaledi informal settlement in Soweto walk long and dangerous distances from home to school and back, every day, in order to attend schools that teach in their […]...
The articles, “Boy, 17, has parts of feet amputated after fleeing initiation” (12/01/2013, p.12) and “Boys feet mutilated” (10/01/2013) published in Saturday Star and Independent Online (IOL)’swebsite respectively, receive a MAD1 from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) […]...