The ''Daily Dispatch'' is a South African newspaper published in
East London in the province of
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
. The weekend edition is titled ''Saturday Dispatch''. Founded in 1872 as the ''East London Dispatch'', the ''Daily Dispatch'' is the Eastern Cape's best-selling daily with a circulation of about 26,147 copies
as of the first quarter in 2015. The online offering is known as DispatchLIVE.
The newspaper, published in English, covers local news, sports, politics, business, jobs, and community events.
The newspaper is internationally known for its editor from 1965 to 1977,
Donald Woods
Donald James Woods (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. As editor of the ''Daily Dispatch'', he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by police after ...
. Woods became a friend of
Steve Biko
Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known ...
, leader of the
Black Consciousness Movement
The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) was a grassroots anti-Apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s out of the political vacuum created by the jailing and banning of the African National Congress and Pan Afri ...
, and provided support to Biko through his editorials. After Biko's death in
police custody
An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questi ...
, Woods went into
exile
Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...
to expose the truth surrounding Biko's death in his book ''
Biko''.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
the editor, and major shareholder, was
Bernard Steer, father of noted journalist
George Steer
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.
HistoryThe History of the Daily Dispatch by Glyn Williams
Distribution areas
Distribution figures
Readership figures
Location
The newspaper's physical address is:
35 Caxton Street, East London, South Africa, 5201
See also
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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 Foundatio ...
References
External links
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/www.dispatchlive.co.za/ Daily Dispatch Website(DispatchLIVE)
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/www.saarf.co.za SAARF Website
Daily News
Mass media in East London, Eastern Cape
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