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Press Releases

  • Press Freedom Commission launches the Listening to SA Campaign

    • 10h00, Tuesday
      17th January
      2012
    The Press Freedom Commission (PFC) embarks on its Listening to SA Campaign this week which will comprise of public hearings in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. The Listening to SA Campaign is an integral aspect of the PFC’s work, and is an opport[…]

  • President Zuma appoints MDDA Board Members

    • 15h00, Monday
      16th January
      2012
    President Jacob Zuma has in terms of Sections 4(1)(b) and 4(1)(c) of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (Act No 14 of 2002) appointed the following five new Board members for a term of office of three years. President Jacob Zuma ha[…]

  • Leading African Media Organization Announces $1 Million Fund for News Innovation

    • 08h00, Friday
      9th December
      2011
    The African Media Initiative (AMI), the continent's largest association of media owners and operators, has announced a $1 million fund to spur innovation in the news industry.   The new African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) is designed to encourag[…]

Events Calendar

  • 10th Annual Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards

    • 18h30, Tuesday
      10th May
      2011
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  • Mainstreaming Tabloids

    • 14h44, Tuesday
      19th April
      2011
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    On May 13 2011, the Media24 Journalism Academy is bringing experts, tabloid editors and top speakers for a conference titled “Mainstreaming Tabloids”. We will discuss: The nature, challenges and future of tabloid journalism The journalistic s[…]

  • Press Council: Public Hearings [DBN]

    • 09h00, Thursday
      3rd March
      2011
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    This is the last leg of the Press Council Public Hearing.  The review is intended to help improve the quality of journalism in the country.  Everyone is invited to give oral evidence on ways in which the SA Press Code, the Press Ombudsman's Comp[…]

  • Press Council: Public Hearings [Bloemfontein]

    • 09h00, Monday
      28th February
      2011
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    All people and organisations that would like to give oral evidence on ways in which the SA Press Code, the Press Ombudsman's Complaints Procedures and the Constitution of the Press Council could be strengthened are invited to the hearings; the Bloemfontei[…]

Print Media Trivia

01.

The first independent African owned newspaper in South Africa was Imvo Zabantsundu in 1884. The newspaper was started by JohnTengo Jabavu (1852 — 1921) in King Williams Town.

Imvo played a leading role in articulating African interests and defending them when they were threatened by the government of the day, more especially under the influence of the Afrikaner Bond. (Mqingwana, V. (1982) John Tengo Jabavu Pioneer – of the Black Press)

02.

The first ‘newspaper‘ in South Africa was published with permission of the British authorities by a firm of merchants, Walker and Robertson, at 35 Plein Street, Cape Town, on August 16, 1800. It was The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser/Kaapsche Stads Courant en Afrikaansche Berigter and was to be the forerunner of the Government Gazette.

03.

The Herald is the oldest newspaper in the country, established in 1845 (163 years old). Next on the list is the Witness, which was established a year after The Herald. The Cape Times is the third oldest newspaper having being established in 1876.