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...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards Cape Times a GLAD[1] for the publication’s piece, “Nature lover Latita, 13, plays lead role as voice for saving our planet” (06/08/2021). This is because the article positively portrays the child and accesses her for her views. The article that has put Lati...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased to award Newzroom Afrika a GLAD[1] for a story whose clip the media outlet shared on its Twitter page on the 15th of May, 2021 in which a child was accessed for his views. The story is about a 12-year-old boy from Gaute...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased to award this week’s GLAD[1] to Cape Argus for an article that celebrates four learners from a high school in Milnerton who won a prestigious competition. The article titled, “Cape teens embody black girl magic by winning big in app ideation challe...
It is exciting that literacy programmes are making their way into townships in South Africa. This is good as it helps less privileged children to be more interested in reading. That being said, the article titled, “Reading keeps kids awake” (Daily Sun, 27/04/2021) receives a GLAD[1] from Media M...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends and gives a GLAD[1] to The Herald for its empowering portrayal of a girl child, Minke Janse Van Rensburg who is living with Down Syndrome. The article, “Gold medal on Minke’s radar” (12/04/2021, p.5) celebrates a 16-year-old girl’s achievement by tellin...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is proud to award eNCA with a GLAD[1] for an interview of a child author who had added her voice to the Covid-19 pandemic. The GLAD is also awarded for how the journalist, Slindelo Masikane conducted the interview. The interview clip titled, “COVID-19 through the eyes...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to give a GLAD[1] to SowetanLIVE for its article, “Soweto genius scoops bronze in maths contest” (05/10/2020) which highlights a 17-year-old-boy’s achievement. In the story, the child is interviewed on winning a bronze medal at the 61st International ...
Gender-Based Violence is a huge issue that South Africa is grappling with today. A lot of effort is going into addressing the vice. With all this effort, having a child working to help address such an issue is rarely seen in the media. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives SowetanLIVE a GLAD[1] ...