''The Independent on Saturday'' is an English-language South African newspaper, part of
Independent News & Media
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. It was launched in 1998 to replace the ''Saturday Paper'', which was formed in the mid-1990s after the demise of the Saturday editions of the ''Daily News'' and the ''Mercury''. ''The Independent on Saturday'' circulates primarily in the greater
Durban
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area, but is also distributed to other parts of the
KwaZulu-Natal
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province.
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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 Foundation ...
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SAARF Website
Independent News & Media
Mass media in Durban
Weekly newspapers published in South Africa
Publications established in 1998
1998 establishments in South Africa
Saturday newspapers
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