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Pages in category "Daily newspapers published in South Africa" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It was called Natal Daily News between 1936 and 1962 and The Natal (Mercantile) Advertiser prior to 1936, going back to the 19th century. In June 2010 the newspaper had daily average sales of 57,000 and an estimated daily readership of 320,000 people. It is an English-language newspaper and was first published in 1878.
By May 1915, Rand Daily Mails Ltd (RDM) absorbed the Transvaal Leader and the Sunday Times Syndicate Ltd, the Sunday Post when the Cape Times Ltd sold it for shares in the RDM and became the only morning and Sunday newspapers in Johannesburg but the Times' shareholding was soon bought out by Abe Bailey. [3]: 42
The paper focuses on the important national and local news of the day, with background and analysis. Its leader and opinion pages offer a platform for a diversity of views and aims to foster informed debate. The daily Business Report within The Mercury contains news on international market trends, and national company and business news.
In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [1] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine readers. [ 2 ]
A semi-autonomous Durban office was set up in Media House, Durban, to provide more Durban content. The Durban and Pietermaritzburg editions share some content while focussing on their respective local news. Shortly after the launch of the Durban and Coast edition, Quintal resigned to take editorship of the Mail & Guardian newspaper.
Daily Maverick is an independent, South African, English language, online news publication and weekly print newspaper, with offices in the country's two most populous cities: Cape Town (the site of its headquarters) and Johannesburg. [4] [5] [6]
Daily Voice was launched on 16 March 2005 in the Western Cape, selling at the price of R1.50. [2] Its publication was a reaction to the success of the tabloid Daily Sun, published by Media24 and begun in 2002, and was part of a "tabloidisation" wave in the country. [1] The Daily Voice was also modelled after the tabloid The Sun in the UK. [1]