List of South African newspapers

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First edition of Die Afrikaanse Patriot on January 15, 1876, the first Afrikaans-language press product

There are only a few national daily newspapers in South Africa . Nationwide distribution is traditionally reserved for most weekly newspapers, the circulation of which is sometimes considerably higher than that of daily newspapers.

The oldest newspaper in South Africa is a government gazette , which was first published in 1800 with both an English ( Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser ) and a Dutch edition ( Kaapsche Stads Courant en Afrikaansche Berierter ). The oldest published newspaper is the 1845 founded Herald of Port Elizabeth .

The South African newspaper market is almost entirely dominated by the four publishers Avusa, Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers , Independent Newspapers and Naspers . Naspers has a monopoly on all major Afrikaans-language newspapers. At the time of apartheid these newspapers were strongly tied to the ruling National Party . In the course of the abolition of the apartheid system and the subsequent disappearance of the National Party from the political scene, these newspapers had to reorient themselves. Even today there are newspapers that target a certain ethnic group.

Today, Caxton / CTP is almost exclusively represented in the newspaper market with local newspapers, which are not listed here due to the restriction to important titles.

Explanation

  • Name : The current name of the newspaper. Some newspapers have predecessors or have been renamed over time. The homepage is listed with a reference after the name.
  • Since : year in which the first edition appeared.
  • Publisher : Publishing house of the newspaper. In individual cases, joint ventures between various publishers.
  • Editorial office : main editorial office. Does not have to be the same as the publisher's registered office.
  • Edition: as of 2006 (exception Financial Mail, 2008). In South Africa, requirements are generally checked by the Audited Bureau for Circulation (ABC). In the case of Naspers, the ABC-based numbers were taken directly from the Naspers homepage
  • Circulation area: provinces in which the newspaper is mainly distributed.
  • Notes : Worth mentioning such as renaming, relocation, exclusivity in one area, etc. a.

Daily newspapers

Surname since publishing company Editorial office Edition Distribution area language Remarks
Beeld 1974 Naspers Johannesburg 105.114 Gauteng , Mpumalanga and Limpopo Afrikaans
The citizens 1915 Naspers Cape Town 99,288 Western Cape and Eastern Cape Afrikaans Until 1922 Dutch De Burger
Business day 1986 Avusa and Pearson Johannesburg 42,322 supraregional English
Cape Argus 1857 Independent Newspapers Cape Town 75,549 Western cape English
Cape Times 1876 Independent Newspapers Cape Town 51,285 Western cape English
The Citizen 1976 Avusa and CTP / Caxton Johannesburg 90,978 Gauteng English Founded for disinformation, see Muldergate affair
Daily Dispatch 1898 Avusa East London 33,535 Eastern Cape English
Daily News 1878 Independent Newspapers Durban 56,256 KwaZulu-Natal English Founded as a Natal Mercantile Advertiser
Daily Sun 2002 Naspers Johannesburg 463,691 Gauteng , Eastern Cape , KwaZulu-Natal and Free State English
Diamond Field Advertiser 1878 Independent Newspapers Kimberley 8,954 North Cape English
The Herald 1845 Avusa Port Elizabeth 30,230 Eastern Cape English Oldest newspaper still published in South Africa
Isolezwe 2002 Independent Newspapers Durban 58,848 KwaZulu-Natal isiZulu The only major newspaper that does not appear in English or Afrikaans
The Mercury 1852 Independent Newspapers Durban 40,526 KwaZulu-Natal English
Pretoria News 1898 Independent Newspapers Pretoria 28,055 Gauteng , Mpumalanga and Northwest English
The Son 2003 Naspers Cape Town 184.179 Western Cape , also nationwide on Fridays Afrikaans The only Afrikaans-speaking tabloid in the country
The Sowetan 1981 Avusa Johannesburg 118 261 Gauteng English
The Star 1887 Independent Newspapers Johannesburg 171,542 supraregional, mainly Gauteng English First appeared as the Eastern Star in Grahamstown and moved to Johannesburg in 1889.
The Times 2007 Avusa Johannesburg 130,000 supraregional English Was created as a supplement to the Sunday Times and is sent to new subscribers by it
Volksblad 1904 Naspers Bloemfontein 27,669 Free State and Northwest Afrikaans oldest Afrikaans-language daily newspaper
The Witness 1846 Naspers Pietermaritzburg 23,804 KwaZulu-Natal English was formerly called The Natal Witness

Weekly newspapers

Surname since publishing company Editorial office Edition Distribution area language Remarks
City Press 1982 Naspers Johannesburg 187.741 supraregional English Founded as the Golden City Press
Financial Mail 1959 BDFM Publishers (Pty) Ltd Johannesburg 29,745 supraregional English Business and finance magazine
The Independent on Saturday 1998 Independent Newspapers Durban 56,220 KwaZulu-Natal English
Mail & Guardian 1985 M&G Media Johannesburg 48.291 supraregional English Weekly Mail until 1995 , The Daily Mail for a short time in 1990 , renamed to its current name after The Guardian joined the company
rapport 1970 Naspers Johannesburg 313,528 supraregional Afrikaans Fusion newspaper out
  • The Beeld
  • Dagbreek
Soccer Laduma 1997 Naspers Johannesburg 295,833 supraregional English Football newspaper
Sunday Independent 1995 Independent Newspapers Johannesburg 41,464 supraregional, mainly KwaZulu-Natal , Gauteng and North Cape English
Sunday Sun 2001 Naspers Johannesburg 195,850 nationally, is also in Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland sold English Sunday edition of the Daily Sun
The Sunday Times 1906 Avusa Johannesburg 504,657 supraregional English
Sunday Tribune 1935 Independent Newspapers Durban 113,577 KwaZulu-Natal English
Sunday World 1999 Avusa Johannesburg 142,912 Gauteng , Mpumalanga , Limpopo and Northwest English
The Post 1955 Independent Newspapers Durban 49,548 KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng English was called the Golden City Post until 1960 . Originally based in Johannesburg and aimed at black people, it is now aimed at the Indian population

Former major newspapers

Surname From To appearance
as 		language description
Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser
Kaapsche Stads Courant en Afrikaansche Berierter 		1800 1826 fortnightly English and Dutch South Africa's first newspaper and state announcement body, was replaced by the Governement Gazette in 1826 .
The Friend 1850 1985 Every day English Initially published weekly in English and Dutch, since 1894 only in English. The fact that the newspaper was based in Bloemfontein and thus in the Boer Republic of Orange Free State and that it was both liberal and proburistic made it a peculiar special case. Authors included Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling . Has appeared daily since the 1890s and briefly came under British control during the Boer War . Discontinued in 1985.
The Afrikaanse Patriot 1876 1904 weekly Afrikaans Founded by the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners , it was the first Afrikaans-language press product and wanted to promote this language as a written language. First published monthly, since 1878 weekly. Initially popular, the support of the British colonial government later cost the newspaper most of its readers and ultimately its existence. With Paarl Post, it received a less political successor that is still published today.
Rand Daily Mail 1902 1985 Every day English Took an anti-apartheid stance, it was discontinued in 1985, after which some journalists for the newspaper founded the Weekly Mail , now known as the Mail & Guardian .
The Indian Views 1914 1972 weekly Gujarati , English Had considerable influence in conservative circles of the Indian ethnic group . Independent newspaper in Durban , under the long-term editing of Moosa Ismail Meer .
The transvalers 1937 1993 Every day Afrikaans Founded by the National Party , which Hendrik Verwoerd appointed as its first editor-in-chief, who later became Prime Minister of South Africa. Stand for Afrikaan nationalism and was pro-German during the Second World War . After Nasionale Pers 1974 in Transvaal with Beeld brought out their own newspaper, lost Transvaler ground, its editor Perskor she put 1993.
Vrye Weekblad 1988 1994 weekly Afrikaans Independent editor-owned newspaper, anti-apartheid stance; attacked the apartheid system with numerous revelations of secret actions by the security authorities. Has gone through numerous lawsuits that eventually drove her to bankruptcy.
New Nation 1985 1997 weekly English The newspaper maintained by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of South Africa took an anti-apartheid stance and was therefore banned several times

literature

  • CA Giffard, WA Hachten: Total Onslaught: The South African Press under Attack. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg 1984.
  • Johan Muller: Press Houses at War: A Brief History of Nasionale Pers and Perskor. In: The Press in South Africa. Edited by Keyan Tomaselli, Ruth Tomaselli and Johan Muller. John Currey, London 1987.
  • Gordon S. Jackson: Breaking Story: The South African Press. Westview 1993.
  • Keyan Tomaselli, Ruth Tomaselli, Johan Muller (Eds.): Narrating the Crisis: Hegemony and the South African Press (Critical Studies in African Media & Culture, 3). 2001.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ description in sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on 25 December 2015
  2. ↑ World Association of Newspapers: Oldest newspapers still in circulation ( Memento of September 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ^ Beeld website
  4. ↑ Die Burger website
  5. ^ Business Day website
  6. ^ Cape Argus website
  7. ↑ Cape Times website
  8. ↑ The Citizen website
  9. ^ Daily Dispatch website
  10. ^ Daily News website
  11. ^ Daily Sun website
  12. ^ Diamond Field Advertiser website
  13. ↑ The Herald website
  14. ↑ site of Isolezwe
  15. ^ The Mercury website
  16. ↑ site of Isolezwe
  17. ^ Website of Die Son
  18. ↑ The Sowetan's website
  19. ↑ The Star website
  20. ^ The Times website
  21. ↑ Self-reported by the publisher
  22. ^ Volksblad website
  23. ↑ The Witness website (archive version) ( Memento from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ^ City Press website
  25. ^ Financial Mail website
  26. ^ The Independent on Saturday website
  27. ^ Mail & Guardian website
  28. ^ Rapport website
  29. ↑ site of Soccer Laduma
  30. ^ Sunday Independent website
  31. ↑ No homepage
  32. ^ Website of The Sunday Times
  33. ^ Sunday Tribune website
  34. ^ Sunday World website
  35. ^ The Post website

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