Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend Daily Sun for a series of articles on children that accessed and portrayed them positively and, highlighted important issues affecting children. While doing this, MMA would also like to bring to the publication’s attention a few articles that cou...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Sunday Times for its unique portrayal of children involved in entrepreneurship. “Teen entrepreneurs are making a future” (Sunday Times, 07/05/2017, p.8) by Khanyi Ndabeni, reports on children who have decided to take their economic agency in thei...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to IOL for an article in which a child who was sexually abused was made to relive her traumatic experience through an interview. “’Raped by dad and brother’” (IOL, 09/05/2017) reports on a nine-year-old girl from Cape Town who was allegedly raped ...
An article titled “She bends it like Beckham” (Mail & Guardian, 5-11/08/2016, p.11) has been selected for a GLAD[1] for its positive portrayal of a child and accessing of her views. The article profiles 12-year-old Erin Marney who narrates her story to the journalist, Pontsho Pilane. Erin ha...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to both Daily Sun and Sowetan for stories in which children were interviewed about their traumatic experiences thereby neglecting to prioritise the best interests of the children involved....