New Age (South African newspaper)

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New Age (German: "New Age") was a national, English-language weekly newspaper in South Africa , which appeared from 1953 to 1962. She opposed the ruling apartheid system , belonged to the left spectrum and was close to the African National Congress (ANC).

history

The newspaper was founded in 1953. It replaced The Guardian , which was founded in 1937 and had been banned several times . The newspaper was supported by numerous organizations such as trade unions, the ANC and the South African Communist Party . It was financially supported by Indian organizations from Durban, among others . In addition to political articles, the newspaper contained prose and poetry.

Numerous well-known South Africans who were critical of the government wrote for New Age, including Ruth First (as editor), Brian Bunting (as editor-in-chief), Govan Mbeki , Alex La Guma , Albie Sachs , Walter Sisulu , Lionel Bernstein , Ahmed Kathrada , Sonia Bunting , Joe Gqabi and Wilton Mkwayi .

Several South African poets began their careers with New Age, including Keorapetse Kgositsile . In 1960 the newspaper was banned for five months after a state of emergency was imposed. The newspaper openly supported the activities of the ANC's armed arm, Umkhonto we Sizwe . In 1962 the government banned the newspaper again; she was discontinued due to insufficient financial resources. In order not to forfeit the registration, some issues of the successor newspaper Spark appeared before this was also discontinued in 1963.

Others

The New Age newspaper has been published in South Africa since 2010 . It was owned by the Gupta family until 2017 and has no organizational connection with New Age .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d history of the newspaper (English), accessed on October 28, 2015
  2. ↑ List of employees , accessed on October 28, 2015