Sunday Times fails to priorities children’s care South Africa is stricken with drugs and substance abuse, and this has affected many communities including the youth. A study by South African Family Practice (SAFP) revealed that the prevalence of substance abuse is very high for rural school commun...
With South Africa under lockdown, the impact of this and indeed of the Covid-19 pandemic features a great deal in the media including the impact on the economy. Many of these stories have been about how the lockdown has been impacting households and of course as this is discussed, hunger forms a lar...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Sunday Times and Saturday Citizen for positively reporting on children in sport and celebrating their achievements. The article from Sunday Times titled, “Strong-arm Zanle, 13, no pushover for heftier adversaries” (06/10/2019, p.6) by Kgaukelo Ma...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Sunday Times for raising an important issue in a story about a project in Orange Farm where houses with special needs children are painted purple to raise awareness on disability. One of the people profiled in the story is a child with cerebral palsy. The artic...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to award a GLAD[1] to the Sunday Times newspaper for an image titled, “Take a bow” (18/08/19, p.2) that portrays children in an affirmative manner. The image taken by Alaister Russell, is a close-up photo of three cousins Karabo, Refilwe and Gomolemo Ma...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Sunday Times for a child maintenance article in which a child is indirectly identified thereby subjecting him to potential ridicule. The article titled, “[Name withheld] dad ‘can’t be found’ for child support” (Sunday Times, 21/04/2019, p.6) ...
Callous reporting puts children in danger Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to two news articles by Herald LIVE and Sunday Times for publishing articles that reveal the identity of children who have been victims of and witnesses to crime and abuse thereby placing them in potential harm’...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to Sunday Times for its unique portrayal of children involved in entrepreneurship. “Teen entrepreneurs are making a future” (Sunday Times, 07/05/2017, p.8) by Khanyi Ndabeni, reports on children who have decided to take their economic agency in thei...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend Sunday Times for their story “Pupils battling with basics granted a learning lifeline” (16/08/2015, p.11). The story by Prega Govender is about four pupils with mild intellectual disabilities who through specialised support and interventions ha...