The article, “Boy imitates mom’s murder” (Cape Times, 04/02/2010, p. 6) is one to be mad about. The story talks about how a three-year-old boy witnessed his father shoot and […]...
Three child witnesses were identified in an article published by the Daily Sunabout a nine-year-old boy who hid his two younger brothers, in order to protect them from their enraged father. […]...
There has been a substantial amount of coverage in the media lately, around a 13-year-old girl who went missing with her friend but was found at a later stage. “Girl […]...
Two child witnesses were identified in an article by The Times, entitled ”’Police’ rough justice” 1(26/10/2009, p. 6), about a military officer allegedly beaten up with his family. The article was consequently selected […]...
Over the last couple of weeks, and since MAD OAT urged Sowetan to “Stop identifying child witnesses”, a couple of articles (“Boy stabbed at school in ‘racist attack’”, 23/09/2009, p. 7 and“‘Trigger-happy’ police”, […]...
Two newspapers received a MAD OAT Mad nomination, Sunday Sun for the article “My boob job can wait!” (13/09/09, p. 11) and The Times for “Can you feel the love?”1(15/09/09, p. 3). Both newspapers reported on celebrities […]...
On 8 September 2009 The Star published a front page story, “Teen shot dead by cops” (08/09/09, p. 1) about a boy who was allegedly shot dead by Metro police. There was a series […]...
The article published in The Star by Health-e News Service,“Without ARVs life looks bleak for HIV/AIDS patients” 1 (31/08/2009, p.8), and the accompanying photograph provided by The Star, received a MAD OAT Mad nomination. The […]...
Saturday Star’s articles “Ernie’s boys shine at annual golf tournament” and “Primary school soccer in new discovery” (15/08/09, p. 19) are ones to get mad about. While the sports related articles are about children, […]...