Media24 is the

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division of the

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company

Naspers Naspers Limited is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town, with interests in online retail, publishing and venture capital investment. Naspers' principal shareholder is its ...

. It controls Naspers'

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

and

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Southern African publishing and printing activities, including

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

publishing of the 24.com collection of web portals. Media24 is

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

's largest publisher, printer, and distributor of magazines and related products, as well its largest newspaper publisher. The company is headquartered in the Media24 Centre, in

Foreshore The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of habitats with various species of ...

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

Background

Welkom Yizani

Welkom Yizani is a black empowerment share scheme launched by Media24 in September 2006. This scheme owns 15 percent of Media24, a subsidiary of Naspers Ltd. Media24 received R1.4 billion after the unbundeling of Novus Holdings in 2017. At the Media24/Welkom Yizani annual general meeting it was announced that shareholders will receive a special cash dividend of not less than R14.79 per Welkom Yizani ordinary share. In addition, the board declared an ordinary dividend of 42.5 cents per share.

Criticism

16 March 2018 Media24 agreed to pay R14 million as a settlement agreement with the Competition Commission after admitting to price fixing and fixing of trade conditions in the media industry.

Publications

Magazines

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Huisgenoot ''Huisgenoot'' (Afrikaans language, Afrikaans for ''House Companion'') is a weekly South African Afrikaans-language general-interest family magazine. It has the highest circulation figures of any South African magazine and is followed by sister ...

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Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

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YOU In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto- ...

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Weg! ''Weg!'' (literal English translation: ''Away!''; title of English-language version: ''Go!'') is an Afrikaans language outdoor and travel magazine. It was first published in April 2004 and is owned by the Media24 division of Naspers. The magazine f ...

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Sarie ''Sarie'' is a South African women's magazine, written in Afrikaans. It is published by Media24, and is their oldest publication for women, first published in 1949 under the title ''Sarie Marais''. Based in Cape Town, it is the most popular ...

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Fair Lady ''Fair Lady'' is often considered as the sister publication to the Afrikaans ''Sarie''. With their offices in Cape Town, this title is one of the most popular female reads in South Africa. History and profile ''Fair Lady'' was established in 1965 ...

'' *'' Tuis'' *'' True Love Magazine'' *''

Women's Health Women's health differs from that of men in many unique ways. Women's health is an example of population health, where health is defined by the World Health Organization as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not mer ...

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Men's Health ''Men's Health'' (''MH''), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries. It is also the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands. Started as a men's health magazine by Rodale, Inc. ...

'' (South African edition) *'' Kuier''

Newspapers

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Rapport Rapport () is a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned are "in sync" with each other, understand each other's feelings or ideas, and communicate smoothly. The word stems from the French verb which means liter ...

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Beeld ''Beeld'' (freely translated as ''Picture'' or ''Image'') is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. ''Beeld'' is distributed in four provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West, pr ...

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Daily Sun The ''Daily Sun'' is the largest daily newspaper in South Africa. ''Daily Sun'' may also refer to the following newspapers: United States * ''Arizona Daily Sun'', Flagstaff, Arizona * ''Bowdoin Daily Sun'', Connecticut, published by Bowdoin Colleg ...

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Die Burger ''Die Burger'' (English: The Citizen) is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper, published by Naspers. By 2008, it had a circulation of 91,665 in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Along with ''Beeld'' and ''Volksblad'', it is ...

'' * '' The Witness'' * ''

Volksblad The ''Volksblad'' (English: People's Journal) is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free State and Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated ...

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Son op Sondag A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...

Online Publications

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Fin24
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Careers24
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Property24
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Women24
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Local sold newspapers

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Paarl Post Paarl (; Afrikaans: ; derived from ''Parel'', meaning "pearl" in Dutch) is a town with 112,045 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the third-oldest city and European settlement in the Republic of South Africa (after ...

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Hermanus Times Hermanus (originally called ''Hermanuspietersfontein'', but shortened in 1902 as the name was too long for the postal service

'' * '' District Mail'' * '' Eikestadnuus'' * '' Worcester Standard'' * '' Weslander''

Local free newspapers

* ''Uitenhage Despatch News'' * ''PE Express'' * ''Kouga Express'' * ''Umthatha Express'' * ''Queenstown Express'' * ''Tygerburger'' * ''People's Post''

Books

* NB Publishers * Via Afrika * Collegium * Van Schaik Publishers * Jonathan Ball Publishers

TV channels

VIA

VIA is a 24-hour Afrikaans lifestyle channel that celebrates ordinary people and the world they inhabit. Its wide selection of original programmes – from food shows to true-life dramas and nail-biting reality entertainment – is the reason why VIA is the first choice in lifestyle television in numerous households. Via is available on

MultiChoice MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa and GOtv, a minor service operating in over 9 countries of this area and Showmax service. MultiChoice was formed out of the sub ...

DStv Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, ...

platform on channel 147 since 9 November 2015.

Honey

Honey is a bold and unscripted lifestyle TV channel created and connected for Africans. It has a mix from lifestyle to reality, food, and culture across the African Continent.Media24
HONEY
Retrieved 3 July 2021. The channel is available on

platform on channel 173 since 15 February 2021.

References

External links

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Background

Welkom Yizani

Criticism

Publications

Magazines

Newspapers

Online Publications

Local sold newspapers

Local free newspapers

Books

TV channels

VIA

Honey

See also

References

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