Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Weekend Argus a MAD[1] for indirectly identifying child victims who are reported to have been allegedly bullied at school by their classmate. “Mitchells Plain school troubled by Grade 2 bully’s ‘reign of terror’” (Weekend Argus, 21/08/2022) reports on an...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned with the level of negligence demonstrated by News24 in coverage of a crime involving a child. The story in question indirectly identifies the child involved thereby not only compromising his safety but also breaching ethical and legal frameworks around repo...
A father gives his children energy drinks laced with poison, three of them die, one is critically ill in hospital and one survives as he/she didn’t consume the drink. Rightfully, we are all outraged and confused and left with the question; what would possess a man to commit such a heinous act of v...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives DispatchLIVE a MAD[1] for an article indirectly identifying children who witnessed the killing of their mother and their two aunts and, were themselves harmed in the shooting. The article titled, “KZN cops hunt for man who killed three Umlazi sisters and sh...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Cape Argus for its story titled, “[Name withheld] Primary School secretary laid to rest after being gunned down” (11/04/2022). The MAD is given because the story indirectly identifies the child involv...
Accessing children, ventilating their views on matters that involve them and protecting their identities when necessary are some of the most important journalistic ethics that which journalists ought to abide by. This is to ensure that children participate in issues and decisions affecting them and ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a MAD[1] for an article where a child is interviewed, an action potentially subjecting the child to further trauma. The article titled, “Baby daddy bust for alleged murder” (Daily Sun, 12/02/2022) reports ...
The media has a responsibility to protect children in their coverage of the children especially when there is a potential for harm. Unfortunately, a child who was sexually abused was potentially subjected to harm because she was made to relive her traumatic experience through an interview. It is for...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives DispatchLIVE a MAD[1] for an article indirectly identifying children who witnessed the killing of their father and grandfather in a horrific manner. The MAD is given because such identification endangers the safety of the children involved. The article titled...