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Sowetan
''The Sowetan'' is an English-language South African daily newspaper that started in 1981 as a liberation struggle newspaper and was freely distributed to households in the then apartheid-segregated township of Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. It is one of the largest national newspapers in South Africa. Regarded as having a left-leaning editorial tone, it carries a readership of almost 2 million and a circulation of 124,000 in 2006. The newspaper is property of South African media company Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group, Avusa, and Times Media Group). Before that, it belonged to Dr. Nthato Motlana (1925–30 November 2008), a prominent South African businessman, physician and anti-apartheid activist, who took a leading role in the formation of the New African Investments Limited (NAIL), which purchased ''The Sowetan'' following apartheid. History ''The Sowetan'' started in 1981, as replacement of the ''Post Transvaal'' newspaper, which itself consisted o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soweto
Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. History George Harrison and George Walker are today credited as the men who discovered an outcrop of the Main Reef of gold on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886. The fledgling town of Johannesburg was laid out on a triangular wedge of "uitvalgrond" (area excluded when the farms were surveyed) named Randjeslaagte, situated between the farms Doornfontein to the east, Braamfontein to the west and Turffontein to the south. Within a decade of the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, 100,000 people flocked to this part of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek in search of riches. They were of many races and na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sowetan
''The Sowetan'' is an English-language South African daily newspaper that started in 1981 as a liberation struggle newspaper and was freely distributed to households in the then apartheid-segregated township of Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. It is one of the largest national newspapers in South Africa. Regarded as having a left-leaning editorial tone, it carries a readership of almost 2 million and a circulation of 124,000 in 2006. The newspaper is property of South African media company Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group, Avusa, and Times Media Group). Before that, it belonged to Dr. Nthato Motlana (1925–30 November 2008), a prominent South African businessman, physician and anti-apartheid activist, who took a leading role in the formation of the New African Investments Limited (NAIL), which purchased ''The Sowetan'' following apartheid. History ''The Sowetan'' started in 1981, as replacement of the ''Post Transvaal'' newspaper, which itself consisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aggrey Klaaste
Aggrey Zola Klaaste (6 January 1940 – 19 June 2004) was a South African newspaper journalist and editor. He was best known for being editor of the Soweto-based newspaper, the '' Sowetan'', from 1988 to 2002. He introduced the concept of "nation building" while editor of the Sowetan and spent much of his time and energy promoting the idea. Early life Klaaste was born in Kimberley as one of eight children, in a township called Green Point in the Northern Cape.Rhodes University. "The Relentless Community-Builder". Mbonambi, P - pg 5. Accessed: 1 October 2018 His father Tobias Klaaste was born in 1886 and died in 1973. His mother Regina Mantoa was born in 1900 and died in 1986. When he was three, his family moved to |
Arena Holdings
Arena Holdings, formerly known as Tiso Blackstar Group, Johnnic Communications, Avusa and Times Media Group, is a media company in South Africa. Avusa means "to rouse feelings, to revive and evoke action". The name was changed in 2007 in order to avoid confusion between Johnnic Communications and Johnnic Holdings. The name was changed again (to Tiso Blackstar) in 2017. In 2012, Avusa was acquired by a unit of Mvelaphanda Group and renamed Times Media Group, which was then relisted on the JSE. In 2013, Times Media Group acquired the remaining 50% of BDFM from Pearson. In 2019, Tiso Blackstar Group sold its print, broadcasting and content assets to Lebashe Investment Group for billion. It was then announced that the assets would form a new company called Arena Holdings. Publications and services Magazines * ''avocado'' (closed) * ''Computing SA'' * ''Elle'' * ''Financial Mail'' * ''Home Owner'' * ''Longevity'' (sold) * ''SA Mining'' * ''Soccerlife'' * ''Top Huis'' Newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World (South African Newspaper)
''The World'', originally named ''The Bantu World'', was the black daily newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is famous for publishing Sam Nzima's iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson, taken during the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976. History ''The Bantu World'' was founded in April 1932 for an intended audience of black middle-class elite by Bertram Paver, a white ex-farmer. Paver modeled ''The Bantu World'' after British tabloids. The newspaper had a national distribution, in contrast to the primarily local reach of previous black-owned papers. Half of the 38 shareholders were black Africans by the end of 1932. Each issue consisted of about 20 pages, of which 13 were written in English, and the rest in a variety of indigenous languages.Lynn Thomas"The Modern Girl, Cosmetics and Racial Respectability in 1930s South Africa" Paper presented to the Gender and Visuality Conference, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2004. The caption for an image from historian L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In South Africa
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. 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. Print media accounts for about 19.3% of the R34.4bn of advertising money spent in the country. Newspapers by circulation National publications *''Beeld'' (in 5 of 9 provinces) *''Business Day'' *'' City Press'' *''Daily Sun'' *'' KwelaXpress'' *''Mail & Guardian'' *News Everyday' *'' Naweek Beeld'' *''The New Age'' *''Rapport'' *''Soccer Laduma'' *'' Sondag'' (in 6 of 9 provinces) *''The Sowetan'' *'' Sunday Independent'' *''Sunday Sun'' *''Sunday Times'' *'' Sunday World'' *'' The Teacher'' *'' Townpress'' *'' Vuk'uzenzele'' *''The Zimbabwean'' *'' The Life News (South African Digital Newspaper)'' Publications by province Mpumala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nthato Motlana
Dr. Nthato Harrison Motlana (16 Feb 1925 – 1 December 2008) was a prominent South African businessman, physician and anti-apartheid activist. Early life He was born in Marapyane close to Pretoria. He attended and matriculated at Kilnerton High School, Pretoria. He then attended the University of Fort Hare and obtained a B.Sc. degree. Furthering his education, he took medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Banned by the government for five years, he need government permission to attend his graduation in 1954. In 1956 he became a resident doctor at Baragwanath Hospital. Life under Apartheid He became politically active at Fort Hare when he joined the African National Congress Youth League and later became its secretary. He was tried alongside Nelson Mandela by the Apartheid regime during the Defiance Campaign of 1951–52. He played a prominent role during the Soweto uprising as a member of the Black Community Programme and the Black Parents' Association which resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Qoboza
Percy Peter Tshidiso Qoboza was an influential black South African journalist, author, and outspoken critic of the apartheid government in South Africa during the early periods of world recognition of the problems evident in the racially divided land. His eloquent editorials did much to challenge white South Africans who were shielded from the horrors of apartheid as experienced by millions of black South Africans at the hands of the minority government. Early life Born in the black ghetto of Sophiatown to a Xhosa family, he experienced the harsh realities of oppression and discrimination in his homeland when the entire township was destroyed in 1952 in an apartheid cleansing of the area. Many of the residents were packed up and carted off in open trucks. He later used this and many other experiences to excel at Lesotho University where he earned a degree in theology, but later returned home to complete studies in journalism. Career as an editor As editor of ''The World'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Latakgomo
Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated short about Joe Fortes Music and radio * "Joe" (Inspiral Carpets song) * "Joe" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) * "Joe", a song by The Cranberries on their album ''To the Faithful Departed'' *"Joe", a song by PJ Harvey on her album '' Dry'' *"Joe", a song by AJR on their album ''OK Orchestra'' * Joe FM (other), any of several radio stations Computing * Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems * Joe, an object-oriented Java computing framework based on Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere project Media * Joe (website), a news website for the UK and Ireland * ''Joe'' (magazine), a defunct periodical developed originally for Kenyan youth Places * Joe, North Carolina, United States, a town * Jõe, Saaremaa Parish, Esto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star (South Africa)
''The Star'' is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such as Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Free State. ''The Star'' is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned by Sekunjalo Media Consortium whose founder and chairman is Dr. Iqbal Survé. For many years, ''The Star'' was owned by the Argus Printing & Publishing Company, controlled by the Anglo American Corporation. The Irish Independent News & Media (INM) bought and renamed the Argus in the early 1990s. Sekujalo acquired INL in 2013. Content The content published in ''The Star'' focuses on leading daily national, local and international national news and analysis. Its leader and opinion page offers a platform for thought leaders to contribute their opinions on topical news. Products ''The Star'' houses the ''Business Report'' newspaper (a widely-read financial newspaper in South Africa), as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Establishments In South Africa
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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