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 kill his mother and two other men before hijacking three cars. The article indirectly identified a child witness, throug...
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. The article, entitled “Ibhavu of life” (23/11/2009, p.2), received a MAD OAT Mad nomination, wrapping up ...
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 found man held” (The Times, 09/11/2009, p.5) received a MAD OAT Glad nomination for avoiding re-identifying the girl, after she ha...
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 for a MAD OAT Mad nomination. In the article, the officer claimed that...
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”, 30/09/09, p. 4) have come to Media Monitoring Africa 1 (MMA)...
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 involved in charitable causes in a way that failed to respect the...
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 of follow up stories, “Metro cops face murder probe after teen shot dead” (09/09/09, p. 6), “Community mou...
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 article identified two children living with HIV and The Star p...
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, they do not access children themselves. In “Primary school soccer ...