Seeing stories about fencing involving children in townships is refreshing especially because the sport is unpopular compared to soccer. The article by Saturday Star titled, “From shy kid to ‘superhero’” (09/02/2019, p.10) by Sameer Naik has been selected as a GLAD[1] by Media Monitoring Afr...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is proud to give a GLAD[i] to News24 for its article titled, “Talented teenager tees off to double ton” (29/01/2019) which highlights a 13-year-old boy’s achievements and accesses him for his views. The article tells the story of Yaaseen Moos who plays cricket for...
Children were portrayed in incredibly positive ways as Daily Sun showcased four brilliant young South Africans excelling in their fields. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is therefore delighted to award Daily Sun and its journalists a GLAD[1] for their refreshing child-centred coverage. The first story...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Sowetanlive and Sowetan for accessing children who are also portrayed positively in two articles by Karabo Ledwaba. Further, the articles which are about children creating prototype robots, have been selected as GLADs because they highlight and ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Daily Sun for the article, “Gontse poses double threat” (03/10/2018, p.21) in which the achievements of a child who was accessed for her views, were highlighted and celebrated. The journalist, Kgomotso Sethusha reports on Gontse Morake, a 16-year...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is proud to award a GLAD[1] to The Citizen and Weekend Argus for highlighting children’s achievements and accessing them for their views. The first story titled, “Grade 10 Junior Achievement of SA winners head to Ghana” (The Citizen, 16/07/2018/, p.6) repor...
There were several examples in a space of two days in July of Daily Sun covering children in a positive and empowering way. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased to award a GLAD[1] to five different Daily Sun journalists for their stories. In “Two young businesswomen wi...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend Sowetan for the publication’s story, “Ambitious Nthathile sets sights on the bigger stage” (03/07/2018, p.9) for accessing the child involved. The story, written by Karabo Ledwaba is about eight-year old Nthathile Mofokeng from Naledi in Sowe...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] this week to City Press for its 8 October, 2017 issue which not only included two stories in which the identities of children whose parents were involved in legal battles were actively protected, but also included two other stories which intentionally s...