When reporting on children who are victims of and witnesses to a crime, the media must make sure that they are protecting those children’s dignity and privacy. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives SowetanLIVE, Times LIVE and IOL a MAD[i] for directly identifying children involved in criminal cases ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to give a GLAD[1] to SowetanLIVE for its story about a school that is reportedly forced to continue with classes even though it allegedly poses a health risk for the teachers and pupils. Here, the journalist, Yoliswa Sobuwa gives a voice to t...
The article, “Police search for 17-year-old teen suspected of killing his father” published by SowetanLIVE (08/05/2020) has been selected as a MAD[1] by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for falling short of the ethical and legal principles of reporting on children. The story indirectly identi...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives SowetanLIVE a MAD[1] for this article, “Teenager raped by a man posing as a municipal official” (30/03/2020) in which a traumatised girl was interviewed and quoted. The article is about a 17-year-old-girl who was allegedly raped at home by a man posing as a mu...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a GLAD[1] to Sowetanlive for its story about a 13-year-old child’s outstanding achievement in science. The journalist, Yoliswa Sobuwa gives a voice to the child to tell her story and makes the child the central focus of the story. “Pupil saves teachers with sp...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to award a GLAD[i] to Sowetan LIVE for the article, “Stepfather gets five life sentences for raping girl repeatedly since she was four” (29 May 2019) in which the journalist correctly concealed the identities of the children who are victims of abuse. Th...
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 ...