Children have rights to freedom of expression and participation in the media. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children (ACRWC) which South Africa ratified in 1995 and 2000 respectively...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to SowetanLIVE and News24 for their articles that celebrate children’s achievements but miss the opportunity to include the children’s voices to the articles. The first story, “5 boys who rescued abandoned Labrador rewarded ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a Missed Opportunity[1] for its two stories involving children. This is because despite both stories reporting on issues that affect children, the journalists behind these stories missed an opportunity to hear the views of the children on an important ed...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives neither a MAD[1] nor GLAD[2] to The Star for its story involving a child author and activist who was reportedly nominated to receive the International Children’s Peace Prize 2020. This is because the journalist behind this story failed to give a voice to the chi...
A child’s right to freedom of expression as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)[1] and of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children (ACRWC)[2] articles 13 and 7 respectively, is one of the most important rights that should be respected and ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is encouraged about a series of Sowetan‘s and TimesLIVE’s in-depth, insightful and critical articles reporting on a child who was denied entry into his school because he wore a cultural bracelet. What is more encouraging is that these articles look deeper into t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) believes that children should be accessed for their views in media coverage, when it is in their best interest to do so. When this is not done, such as in the article by The Citizen titled, “Schools could be ‘useful points’ for screening – back to school plan”...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to The Guardian for an article titled, “Jacinda Ardern holds special coronavirus press conference for children” that failed to access the children at its centre. The story, which was also published by The Star on its website, was publis...
Cape Times and IOL journalists failed to adhere to MMA’s Editorial Guidelines and Principles for Reporting on Children in the Media[1] by not accessing the children involved in their stories. The guidelines state that “children have the right to have their views heard on matters that affect them...