City Press recently made Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) GLAD[1] of the article, “No toilets and no support from the state” (05/05/2019, p.6) in which a child was accessed and positively portrayed. The article takes readers to a school in the Eastern Cape that is reported to not have operational t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is happy to award a GLAD[1] to The Citizen for its article, “High-performance pupils” (11/04/2019, p.5) which highlights the achievement of the grade 12 pupils involved and accesses them for their views. The article tells the story of matric pupils at a newly ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) applauds IOL for publishing “Howick High pupil brings steam train back to glory” (13/04/2019), an article that positively portrays the child involved and accesses her. This inspiring story by Duncan Guy is about a 17-year-old girl from Durban that seems to have cont...
It is exciting to read articles about children that access and celebrate them for their achievements. Such is the case with The Star’s article titled, “Gopolang turns tears to cheershttps” (06/03/2019, p.6) for which Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD.[1] The article by Sakhile Ndlazi...
Seeing stories about fencing involving children in townships is refreshing especially because the sport is unpopular compared to soccer. The article by Saturday Star titled, “From shy kid to ‘superhero’” (09/02/2019, p.10) by Sameer Naik has been selected as a GLAD[1] by Media Monitoring Afr...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is proud to give a GLAD[i] to News24 for its article titled, “Talented teenager tees off to double ton” (29/01/2019) which highlights a 13-year-old boy’s achievements and accesses him for his views. The article tells the story of Yaaseen Moos who plays cricket for...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Daily Sun for the article, “Gontse poses double threat” (03/10/2018, p.21) in which the achievements of a child who was accessed for her views, were highlighted and celebrated. The journalist, Kgomotso Sethusha reports on Gontse Morake, a 16-year...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend Sowetan for the publication’s story, “Ambitious Nthathile sets sights on the bigger stage” (03/07/2018, p.9) for accessing the child involved. The story, written by Karabo Ledwaba is about eight-year old Nthathile Mofokeng from Naledi in Sowe...