Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Sunday Times for raising an important issue in a story about a project in Orange Farm where houses with special needs children are painted purple to raise awareness on disability. One of the people profiled in the story is a child with cerebral palsy. The artic...
Since the beginning of the Zimbabwean economic crisis in the mid 2000s, majority of Zimbabwean citizens have faced many challenges including unemployment and harsh conditions of living. This forced many people including unaccompanied children to cross the border to neighbouring countries.[1] Some of...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to City Press for its article titled, “Still learning amid the mud” (14/07/19, p.6) which accessed a child in a matter that affects them. The article written by Lubabalo Ngcukana, is about a primary school in Eastern Cape with poor facilities and in...
Accessing children for their views on issues that highlight their achievements is something journalists and news publications should be commended for. It is for this reason that Daily Sun receives a GLAD[1] from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for accessing children in an article written by journalist...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to award a GLAD[i] to Sowetan LIVE for the article, “Stepfather gets five life sentences for raping girl repeatedly since she was four” (29 May 2019) in which the journalist correctly concealed the identities of the children who are victims of abuse. Th...
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...