The tragedy caused by gang wars is that not only do the actual gang members die in the crossfire, but innocent citizens are also affected. Morning Live compounded a recent tragedy by […]...
Over 250, 000 children develop TB and 100,000 children will continue to die each year from the disease.1 It is also revealed that more than 200 children die every day in […]...
Often MAD1 nominations from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) are about media identifying child victims or perpetrators, which is illegal and almost always not in the best interests of the children involved. […]...
Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Nandi Mayathula decided to spend her birthday by giving back to her community by donating new school shoes and stationery to 20 pupils from […]...
Four articles published consecutively in Daily Sun are deserving of a MAD1 from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for violating the rights to privacy and dignity of two children burnt by electric wire cables. […]...
There is no doubt that one of the reasons the Daily Sun has a higher circulation in South Africa is because it speaks to issues affecting ‘ordinary’ people.1 However, the photograph accompanying the […]...
At times, due to various reasons, important issues and the opportunities to report on them are sidelined in the media. Through MAD OAT1 and its Child Protection and Trafficking Project2, […]...
Few would condone lying a four-month old child in sand to pose for a news photograph. Yet, this is what Daily Sun seemingly did for a front cover picture recently. The article […]...
“Father’s death brings out violent streak in boy” (Sowetan, 29/07/2011, p.2) indirectly identifies two children and a 13-year-old boy who is said to be not coping well after his father’s murder. […]...