The Sunday Independent (South Africa)

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The Sunday Independent
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Sekunjalo Independent Media
PublisherIndependent News & Media
EditorSizwe Dlamini
Founded1995
Headquarters47 Pixley Seme Street, Johannesburg
Circulation 41,464(as of 2008) [1]
Website www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent

The Sunday Independent is a weekly English-language newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa. It is one of the titles under the Independent News & Media South Africa group acquired by the Sekunjalo Media Consortium largely funded by Chinese state media and was owned previously by Independent News & Media. [2] The paper is distributed mainly in the Gauteng region, but is distributed across South Africa.[ citation needed ]

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Ownership

The Sunday Independent is owned by Sekunjalo Consortium, the controlling shareholder of the Independent Newspapers, which also owns Cape Times , The Star , Pretoria News , and Cape Argus among others. The current chairman is South African billionaire entrepreneur Iqbal Survé, who assumed the role in 2013.

Survé is accused of removing credible journalists and editors and replacing them with sycophants who write favourably about him and his business empire. In September 2022, Sizwe Dlamini was appointed acting editor of The Sunday Independent. Dlamini was found to have penned a large number of articles in favour of Survé. [3] Dlamini has also been credited for making up a fake journalist. [4]

Digital presence

The Sunday Independent has a digital presence through Independent Online (IOL), which includes local and worldwide news, sports and entertainment news, and a social media presence. Its publisher adheres to a "digital first, print best" approach, ensuring that all stories are available on both digital and print media.[ citation needed ]

The Sunday Independent's coverage focuses on daily national, local, and worldwide news and analysis. Its leader and opinion page allows people to share their thoughts on current events.

Products

The Sunday Independent houses the Business Report, a financial newspaper. The Sunday Independent also carries supplements such as the Sunday Magazine, which offers readers entertainment news and coverage of music, film, books, tech, lifestyle, and art; and Classifieds.

Supplements

Readership figures

Estimated readership [6] [7]
AIR
January–December 201281,000
July 2011 – June 201267,000

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References

  1. "About Us". The Sunday Independent. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  2. "Chinese Media in South Africa: An Overview - ACRP" . Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. Roper, Chris (17 August 2023). "CHRIS ROPER: Banking on BS". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. Haffajee, Ferial (6 September 2022). "From making up decuplets to making up a writer, Independent Media's Iqbal Survé plumbs new depths". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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