An analysis by Musa Rikhotso and Nomshado Lubisi Lack of school space and scholar transport and, inadequate school infrastructure and resources are some of the common challenges that children, parents, and the Department of Basic Education grapple with in South Africa. These issues are often among t...
12 January 2022, SABC News Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird says, “There is no doubt that this will have a negative impact on the newspapers. I know that many of them were using this as a way of getting in extra advertising, revenue because they knew that the copies would sell out and many...
11 November 2021, SABC News The Moti brothers are back home, three weeks after being kidnapped by a group of gunmen while being taken to school in Polokwane. We continue to monitor the story of the Moti brothers’ kidnapping and subsequent release yesterday. We now speak to the Director of Medi...
In July, South Africa witnessed considerable news coverage of issues relating to the public unrest that some members of the public felt was brought on by the arrest of former President, Jacob Zuma. Other sectors still feel that the unrest which led to property destruction and mass looting of busines...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is giving a GLAD[1] to both the Saturday Star and TimesLIVE for the publications’ stellar reporting on and portrayal of children standing up and speaking up about the killing of Nathaniel Julies, an Eldorado teenager reportedly killed by police. The Saturday Star’s...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) congratulates Saturday Star for publishing a story with a positive outlook despite the desperate situation a group of children find themselves in and doing so without downplaying the agency of the children and how critical it is to move towards a long-lasting solution. ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to DispatchLIVE for publishing an article in which the children involved are directly and indirectly identified thereby exposing them to potential harm. “Kids suffer months of agony after school meals cut off” (DispatchLIVE, 27/07/2020) reports on hu...
When reporting on children who are victims of and witnesses to a crime, the media must make sure that they are protecting those children’s dignity and privacy. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives SowetanLIVE, Times LIVE and IOL a MAD[i] for directly identifying children involved in criminal cases ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) announces the application date for the lsu Elihle Awards. This year’s applications will open on the 15th of May 2020. Translated from IsiZulu to mean “Great Idea”, the Isu Elihle Awards aim to encourage fresh reporting and insightful investigations that seek to gi...