Cape Argus compromises children’s safety Following the amendment of Section 154 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act of 2021,[1] the general rule when it comes to identifying children is […]...
Daily Sun disregards children’s privacy Daily Sun disregards children’s privacy Children’s right to privacy is important and should always be valued by all, more so the media when reporting about […]...
Victim indirectly identified. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned about the reporting from Daily News on a story that involves a girl who was reportedly raped. Daily News has failed to protect the identity of the victim and […]...
Cape Times fails to protect children It is unfortunate that Cape Times acted negligently by indirectly identifying children involved in its article on child abuse – with one child being […]...
CHILDREN INVOLVED IN STORIES ON CRIME IDENTIFIED Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily News and Daily Sun a MAD[1] for articles indirectly identifying children, including a child who witnessed the killing […]...
Section 154 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act of 2021[1] is clear on cases when the media can and cannot identify children. It is therefore concerning that the media continue […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Weekend Argus a MAD[1] for indirectly identifying child victims who are reported to have been allegedly bullied at school by their classmate. “Mitchells Plain school […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned with the level of negligence demonstrated by News24 in coverage of a crime involving a child. The story in question indirectly identifies the child […]...
A father gives his children energy drinks laced with poison, three of them die, one is critically ill in hospital and one survives as he/she didn’t consume the drink. Rightfully, […]...