City Press is a South African news brand that publishes on multiple platforms. Its flagship print edition is distributed nationally on Sunday, and it has a daily newsletter, online platform, and other social media platforms. These include

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. The publication also runs a popular, daily morning newsletter called ''On a Point of Order'', a play on the South African Parliament scene, which frequently sees members of Parliament rising "on a point of order" to protest against something that somebody has said. Its other newsletters include: * Football Fever, a thrice weekly curation of news and analysis on the beautiful game; * Sundays With City Press, which features all the highlights of the print edition; and * #Trending – The Good Guide, a guide to all the latest culture, entertainment and tech news.

History and operations

The newspaper was established in 1982 as the ''Golden City Press'' by James R. A. Bailey and the South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) group. The following year, "Golden" was dropped from the newspaper's name. SAAN later withdrew from its partnership with Bailey and the newspaper ran into financial difficulties. Nasionale Pers took over the publication of the newspaper as well as its sister publications, ''

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'', on 1 April 1984. The newspaper is currently owned by South Africa's leading company
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which is the media arm of

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. The editor in chief of the City Press news brand is

Mondli Makhanya Mondli Makhanya is the newly appointed Editor-In-Chief of the '' City Press''. He was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of ''The Sunday Times'' (South Africa) newspaper. He also sits on the council of the South African National Editors' Forum. As an ou ...

. He has been at the helm of the news brand since 1 August 2016. Prior to Makhanya, the news brand was edited by

Ferial Haffajee Ferial Haffajee (born 20 February 1967) is a South African journalist and newspaper editor. Haffajee was editor of '' City Press'' newspaper from July 2009 until July 2016 and was previously the editor of the ''Mail & Guardian'' newspaper. Haf ...

, who joined City Press on 1 July 2009. It counts among its ranks of former editors Khathu Mamaila, Database (undated).
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. littleblackbook.co.za. Retrieved 9 October 2012. Mathatha Tsedu and Len Kalane, who wrote a book about his experiences as editor of City Press, entitled ''The Chapter We Wrote: The City Press Story''.

Distribution areas

The newspaper is distributed nationally and in neighbouring countries, including

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. It has a readership of about 2.5 million (source: AMPS 2001A).

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