City Press (South Africa)

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City Press
City Press (South Africa) Logo.svg
TypeSouth African news brand
Owner(s) Media24
Editor Mondli Makhanya
Founded1982 (as Golden City Press)
1983 (renamed City Press)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Sister newspapers Rapport
OCLC number 70724022
Website www.news24.com/citypress

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The newspaper is owned by Media24, which is the media arm of Naspers.

Contents

The publication also runs a 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:

History

Mondli Makhanya is editor in chief of the City Press news brand. Mondli Makhanya.jpg
Mondli Makhanya is editor in chief of the City Press news brand.

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.[ citation needed ]

Nasionale Pers took over the publication of the newspaper as well as its sister publications, Drum and True Love & Family , on 1 April 1984. [1]

In June 2024, Moneyweb reported the newspaper would cease print in October. [1] Media24 declined to comment. [2] A month later Media24 announced it will suspend the planned closure until the Competition Commission approves of its plan to sell newspaper distribution company On-The-Dot to Novus, which was the reason behind the paper's planned shuttering. [3]

Staff

The editor in chief of the City Press news brand is Mondli Makhanya. He has been at the helm of the news brand since 1 August 2016. [4] Prior to Makhanya, the news brand was edited by Ferial Haffajee, who joined City Press on 1 July 2009. [5]

It counts among its ranks of former editors Khathu Mamaila, [6] 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. [7]

Distribution areas

The newspaper is distributed nationally and in neighbouring countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. It has a readership of about 2.5 million (source: AMPS 2001A).[ citation needed ]

Distribution [8]
20082013
Eastern CapeYY
Free StateYY
GautengYY
Kwa-Zulu NatalYY
LimpopoYY
MpumalangaYY
North WestYY
Northern CapeYY
Western CapeYY

Distribution figures

Circulation [9]
Net sales
October – December 2012126 400
July – September 2012135 148
April – June 2012146 054
January – March 2012163 705

Readership figures

Estimated readership [10] [11]
AIR
January – December 20121 757 000
July 2011 – June 20121 863 000

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  2. Cronje, Jan (13 June 2024). "Media24 'continuously reviews operations', won't comment on report about newspaper closures". News24. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. "Media 24 agrees to suspend newspaper closures". The Witness. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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  8. "City Press Website" . Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  9. Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  10. SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
  11. SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)