Rapport (newspaper)

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Rapport
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Type Weekly newspaper (Sunday)
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Naspers
Publisher Media24
EditorWaldimar Pelser
Founded1970
LanguageAfrikaans
Headquarters Johannesburg
Circulation 175,552
Website www.rapport.co.za

Rapport is an Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper (released on Sundays) in South Africa and published by Media24. Its head office is in Johannesburg. [1] It is the second largest Sunday newspaper in South Africa after the Sunday Times . [2] Waldimar Pelser has been the editor since 2013.

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History

Rapport was established in 1970 (Jordaan 2014). The precursor was Die Beeld, an Afrikaans Sunday newspaper established in the 1960s. Die Beeld later merged with Dagbreek to become Rapport. [3] :292 The Beeld brand was re-established in 1974 with the founding of the daily newspaper, Beeld (Fourie 2007).

In June 2024, Moneyweb reported the newspaper would cease print in October. [4] Media24 declined to comment. [5] A month later Media24 announced it will suspend the planned closure until the Competition Commission approves of it's plan to sell newspaper distribution company On-The-Dot to Novus, which was the reason behind the paper's planned shuttering. [6]

Supplements

Distribution areas

Distribution [8]
200820132018
Eastern CapeYYY
Free StateYYY
GautengYYY
Kwa-Zulu NatalYYY
LimpopoYYY
MpumalangaYYY
North WestYYY
Northern CapeYYY
Western CapeYYY

Distribution figures

Circulation [9]
Net Sales
October - December 2012213 460
July - September 2012220 494
April - June 2012220 485
January - March 2012223 593
October - December 2013187 288
July - September 2013183 187
April - June 2013192 328
January - March 2013210 675
April - June 2014175 552
January - March 2014177 016

Readership figures

Estimated Readership [10] [11]
AIR
January – December 20121 286 000
January - December 20131 338 000

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References

  1. "Bepalings en Voorwaardes." (Archive) Rapport. 31 June 2009. Retrieved on 26 March 2013. "Straatadres: 69 Kingsway Avenue, Aucklandpark, 2092;"
  2. Is Waldimar Pelser Afrikaans media’s last roll of the dice? Mail & Guardian. 19 April 2013
  3. Joyce, Peter (1989). The South African family encyclopaedia. Internet Archive. Cape Town : Struik Publishers. ISBN   978-0-86977-887-6.
  4. Maggs, Jeremy (13 June 2024). "End of an era: Media24 to close iconic newspapers". Moneyweb. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. Cronje, Jan (13 June 2024). "Media24 'continuously reviews operations', won't comment on report about newspaper closures". News24. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. "Media 24 agrees to suspend newspaper closures". The Witness. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Beeld Website" . Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  8. "Rapport Website" . Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  9. Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  10. SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
  11. SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)

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