Media Monitoring Africa

Accessing children and allowing them to share their views and personal experiences on issues that affect them is one of the practices that the media rarely do. Therefore, when they do access children, the media must be commended. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards IOL and SowetanLIVE a GLAD[i] for...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) congratulates News24 on its story, “FBI tracks down Cape Town mom who allegedly sold naked pics of her daughter, 4” (27/07/2021). This is because the story which is written by Nicole McCain withholds the child’s direct and indirect identity to protect he...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased to award Newzroom Afrika a GLAD[1] for a story whose clip the media outlet shared on its Twitter page on the 15th of May, 2021 in which a child was accessed for his views. The story is about a 12-year-old boy from Gaute...
IOL receives a GLAD[1] from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for an article about a child star in which she is interviewed. The article titled, “PIC: Self-taught Eastern Cape contortionist flexes her skills” (26/03/2021) is written by Robin-Lee Francke and is about 13-year-old Sesona Tshume who is ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is happy to award a GLAD[1] to Daily Sun and News24 for their respective stories, “Couple in court for child neglect and rape” and “Bail for mother, 30, charged with her boyfriend, 91, in child neglect and rape case by Getrude Makhafola ” Both stories were publi...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is proud to award News24 and IOL a GLAD[1] for reporting ethically on children by withholding their identities in stories on abuse. The stories for which the two media are being awarded a GLAD are titled, “Principal suspended for forcing pupil into pit toilet to searc...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Daily Sun for brilliantly and ethically reporting on two stories that involve minors. The stories titled, “Girl raped after school” (26/02/2021) and “Rescued-from-sex-a-shack” (01/03/2021) are awarded a GLAD[1] for protecting the identiti...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Daily Sun for brilliantly reporting on a story that involves minors. The story titled, “Girl boiling water horror” (10/02/2021) is awarded a GLAD[1] because of the way it was reported as well as for protecting the identity of the child victim involved. The ...
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...