Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a MAD[1] for an article directly identifying child victims of a shooting thereby compromising their safety and well-being. The article titled, “Cops shot my kids!” (24/03/2021) reports on three children who were shot allegedly by the police. ...
Media should play its role as duty bearers when reporting on issues involving a child who is a victim and witness to a crime and, ensure that the children are never put at risk. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Weekend Argus a MAD[1] for an article directly identifying a child ther...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to GroundUp for an article titled, “COVID-19: Cookhouse police accused of beatings during curfew” (12/01/2021). The article has been selected as a MAD for failing to adhere to ethical standards of reporting on children by identifying the chi...
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) gives a MAD[1] to IOL for an article by Daily Voice that is published on the IOL website titled, “Boy, 10, left with crushed leg after motorist ’spinning’ BMW loses control” (07/10/2020). The article has been selected as a MAD for failing to adhere to ethical st...
The SABC’s Full View on 19 September, 2020 aired a story/interview wherein at least 12 minors are alleged to have been sexually violated by an unidentified man near Rustenburg. Unfortunately, the story/clip contravened accepted journalistic standards when reporting on children in that the children...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is appalled at the level of carelessness displayed by News24 and IOL in coverage of crime involving children. The stories, both published within a pace of a week, indirectly and directly identify the children thereby compromising their safety. The callous reporting of t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to SABC News for a broadcasted story in which a 17-year-old alleged victim of rape was potentially subjected to secondary trauma. The story is titled, “17 year old victim of sexual abuse feel justice system has failed her” and was broadcast...
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 ...