Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) had hoped that South African media would start 2011 with good intentions, and that perhaps adopt New Year’s resolution to ensure children’s rights are upheld and […]...
Annually Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) looks at the articles published in various newspapers on children and how the media chooses to report on the beginning of the school year. Two […]...
Daily Sun gets a MAD from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for indentifying a two year old child who witnessed her mother being killed. In “Girl (2) sees mum being killed” (Daily Sun, 07/12/2010, […]...
Two stories, “Raw bones fur lunch!” (Daily Sun, 12/11/2010, p. 3) and “Baba was op skoot toe motor hulle tref” (“Baby was on lap when motorcar hit them”) (Beeld, 10/11/2010 p. 1 […]...
The Citizen undermined its own efforts to protect the identity of a child rape victim by indirectly identifying her. As a result it gets a MAD from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA). […]...
The article published in Sunday Times: “Men, women set fire to girl, 16” (17/10/2010 p.7) is one to be mad about. The story contained graphic details of what happened to the girl. The […]...
“Murdered woman’s body to be flown home” (Saturday Star, 09/10/2010, p.3) was selected as a MAD for identifying a five-year-old boy whose mother was allegedly murdered by the boy’s father. As […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned that on two occasions during the month of October,SABC indirectly identified vulnerable children when it was not in their best interests to do so. In […]...
Twice in two months The Star undermined superb quality journalism by publishing an image of identifiable vulnerable children alongside it. This merits a MAD. “A stable helping hand, please” (The Star, 04,10,2010, […]...