Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives IOL a MAD[1] for an article indirectly identifying a child therefore compromising the child’s wellbeing. The article titled, “Five-year-old boy left out of class because of runny nose” (IOL, 16/11/2020) reports on a five-year-old learner who is being deprive...
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...
Section 29 (1) of the South Africa Constitution states, “Everyone has the right to basic education” which means that every child deserves to be at school. This right is beautifully explicated by Tarryn Copper-Bell,[1] where she highlights important consideration relating to the right to educatio...
Education must be the most divested sector of society in South Africa after economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Majority of people in the schooling sector are children and these happen to be among the most vulnerable in our society in terms of getting infected and/or feeling the impact of the pand...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Parent24 and SABC News Online for their stories that interviewed children to express their views and added their voice to critical discussions around safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Meet the local 8-year-old YouTuber who is teaching kids...