Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to City Press for failing to act in the best interests of children in an article which explores the critical issue of sex work. “Why we want to be legal” City Press (11/06/2017, p.9) makes a case for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa b...
The story “Female pupils excel in rugby” (13/06/2017) by African News Network 7(ANN7) has been awarded a GLAD[1] by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for portraying children in a positive manner and highlighting their achievements. The story is about a group of female pupils from Carolina in Mpumala...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend City Press for the article “From ‘prawns’ to chess master for SA’s rising star” (16/04/2017, p.10). The article, which has been selected for a GLAD,[1] is about Keegan Agulhas, a 17-year-old chess sensation whose story is an inspiration ...
This week Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Sowetan and The Times for publishing articles in which the identity of a teenager was revealed, despite her being a victim and witness to a crime. “Teenager traumatised after ‘police’ shootings”, (The Times, 02/05/2017, p.2) and “...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to IOL for an article in which a child who was sexually abused was made to relive her traumatic experience through an interview. “’Raped by dad and brother’” (IOL, 09/05/2017) reports on a nine-year-old girl from Cape Town who was allegedly raped ...