Media Monitoring Africa

Accessing children and allowing them to share their views and personal experiences on issues that affect them is one of the practices that the media rarely do. Therefore, when they do access children, the media must be commended. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards IOL and SowetanLIVE a GLAD[i] for...
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...
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...
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 giving a GLAD[1] to both  Daily Sun and Mail and Guardian for great reporting and outstanding portrayal of children carrying themselves as active citizens leading environmental projects and making sure that roads are safer for the community they live in. Daily S...
Accessing children on an important issue such as cultural practices is something journalists and the media rarely do. This is why when they do, they must be commended. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards Daily Sun a GLAD[1] for accessing children in an article written by Buziwe Nocuze. The article ...
June is an important month for young people in South Africa as we commemorate the march by the youth of 1976 who demanded better education. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend Daily Sun for accessing children’s views regarding a march that was held to the district education office ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards Weekend Argus a GLAD[1] for accessing children in an article about them.  The article titled, “Schoolchildren speak out about learning during Covid-19 lockdown” (16/01/21) does a stellar job at displaying children’s views and their concerns about Covid...