In order to determine trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is running a series of analyses where findings are compared against each other to show improvement, or the lack thereof. The previous four analyses published ha...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring media’s coverage of different issues with the aim of determining trends in coverage. Among the issues monitored is climate change, a topic that has climbed up on the agenda of political and environmental debates and discussions over the recent year...
Every year children look forward to going to school, some for the first time and others returning for the next level of their education. During these periods, media normally reports extensively on children, education and other challenges besieging the schools and the education sector as a whole. New...
18 JUNE 2018, Business Day William Bird is correct about the problems posed by social media in the run-up to our 2019 election, but it is an even bigger problem than he suggests (New rules needed to ensure social media do not undermine elections, June 13). Social media are a threat to democracy itse...
All too often, children’s stories in the media tend to focus on instances of trauma, abuse and neglect1and we, at Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), sometimes struggle to find stories in which children are portrayed as anything other than victims of their circumstances. This week, however, MMA came ac...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards the Sowetan and The Star a GLAD1 for publishing articles that go an extra mile to protect the identities of vulnerable children affected by crime and abuse. The Sowetan has consistently shown their commitment to promoting the rights and best interests of children...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has observed how over the past few weeks the Sowetan has been consistent in bringing issues that affect children on the agenda. Particular focus has been paid to the rights of children to access basic education and how this right has been violated. The Sowetan took time...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD1 to The New Age for its article “Girl forced to raise rapist’s son”, (10/02/2016, p. 23). The article, originally published in the Daily Mail (United Kingdom), identified a South Sudanese child rape survivor. The story is about a 16-year-old girl in So...
A 15-year-old boy has achieved what many teenagers in South Africa cannot and that is to qualify for medical school at a tender age. This is the story of Decent Mkhombo from Thulamahashe, Mpumalanga published in an article by the Sowetan titled, “Young student (15) rocks up at new medical school...