Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends GroundUp for reporting on a story titled, “Refugee children wait years to get into schools” (04/10/2021). The story is selected as a GLAD[1] because it also provides a platform for a child to share his experiences. The story by Masego Mafata is about ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to give both Mail & Guardian and Daily Dispatch a GLAD[1] for their great portrayal of children in stories about children who are working to make South Africa a better place. Mail & Guardian’s article titled, “Teen activist on a mission to impro...
Great caution should always be exercised when reporting on children involved in criminal proceedings to avoid victimisation and other harm and when the media employs this caution, they should be commended. It is for this reason that Media Monitoring (MMA) awards News24 a GLAD[1] for its article, “...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to award a GLAD[1] to SowetanLIVE. This is for positively highlighting and accessing children in an article, “Pupils with learning disability have finally found home in Ekurhuleni to restore their dignity”(19/09/2021) by Promise Marupeng. The arti...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to award a GLAD[1] to Sowetan for its article, “’I’ve only seen him on TV’ “: Zinhle,7, overjoyed to meet Ramaphosa” (26/09/2021) which highlights a seven-year-old girl’s excitement to have had a chat with President Cyril Ramaphosa. ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is thrilled to award a GLAD[1] to Mail & Guardian for an article in the publication’s 12 September, 2021 issue titled, “Early education can play a powerful role in fostering inclusion” which was well researched and highlighted critical child-related issues. Th...
Electricity supply cuts are common in South Africa and one of the factors that contributes to this is the theft of electricity supply facilities by community members.[1] As society grapples for a solution to this problem, two 17-year-old boys from Middleburg in Mpumalanga have come up with a s...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is happy to award Daily Dispatch a GLAD[1] for an article that talks about a pupil who excelled in a mathematics competition. The GLAD is given because the article positively profiled this child whose voice is heard throughout the article. The article titled, “Hudson ...
Sowetan receives a GLAD[1] from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for an article about a child star in which he is interviewed. The article titled, “Dogs were depressed during lockdown,’ research by grade 6 pupil finds” (01/09/2021) is written by Kgaugelo Masweneng and is about a 12-year-old b...