Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards The Saturday Star a GLAD[1] for the article titled, “Cape Town teenager teams up with SA artists to create song which calls for the healing of the planet” (12/03/2022). This is because the article portrays the child in a positive way and accesses him. The art...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Saturday Star for its story that not only celebrates children’s achievements but also highlights the importance of breaking gender barriers. The article, “UN warns against gender-based biases which cou...
Children’s opinions matter on issues which involve them. It is disheartening to come across media stories about children in which the children are not interviewed to get their opinion on issues that affect them. For this reason, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has selected two articles published...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is giving a GLAD[1] to both the Saturday Star and TimesLIVE for the publications’ stellar reporting on and portrayal of children standing up and speaking up about the killing of Nathaniel Julies, an Eldorado teenager reportedly killed by police. The Saturday Star’s...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) congratulates Saturday Star for publishing a story with a positive outlook despite the desperate situation a group of children find themselves in and doing so without downplaying the agency of the children and how critical it is to move towards a long-lasting solution. ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to award a GLAD[1] to Saturday Star for its story and editorial piece speaking about the abuse faced by children during the COVID-19 crisis and consequent lockdown in South Africa. “Lockdown: abandoned children left to die” (Saturday Star, 16/05/202...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Saturday Star for accessing a child who is portrayed as a hero for saving the life of her rugby coach. “Trigger-fast pupil saves coach’s life” (Saturday Star, 27/07/2019, p.5) by Keagan Mitchell reports on a grade nine pupil from Sans Souci Gir...
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) frowns upon media houses that fail to protect identities of children who have witnessed and/or are victims of abuse as not doing so potentially exposes the children to harm. It is against this background that MMA gives to Saturday Star a MAD[1] for publishing an article...