The Citizen (South African newspaper)

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The Citizen
The Citizen logo.png
Logo of The Citizen newspaper in South Africa
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) CTP/Caxton
PublisherCTP/Caxton
EditorTrevor Stevens
Founded1976
Headquarters Johannesburg
Website citizen.co.za

The Citizen is a South African daily newspaper published in Johannesburg, South Africa. The newspaper is distributed nationally in South Africa. It has long been considered a newspaper of record in South Africa. While its core readership is mainly in Gauteng, it also distributes to surrounding provinces such as Free State, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the North West. The newspaper is owned by Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited, a public company listed on the JSE.

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History and ownership

The newspaper was founded in 1976 during the apartheid era by Louis Luyt, [1] at which time it was the only major English-language newspaper favourable to the ruling National Party. In 1978, during the Muldergate Scandal, it was revealed that the money to establish and finance the newspaper had come from a secret slush fund of the Department of Information, and ultimately from the Department of Defence. [2]

In 1998, ownership of the newspaper was transferred from Perskor to Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited. [3] The company is involved in various fields of publishing and printing such as newspapers, magazines, commercial print, book printing, stationery, packaging and labels.

Format

The Citizen is a compact newspaper. In 2012, the newspaper layout and design was revamped by Dr. Mario Garcia. On 1 August 2013 the first edition of the revamped newspaper went on sale.

Editors (past and present)

Tim du Plessis

Kevin Keogh

Martin Williams

On 7 October 2013, The Citizen announced[5] that Editor Martin Williams would be stepping down. Williams, who had been with The Citizen for 19 years, retired at the end of October 2013.

Steven Motale

Martin Williams was succeeded by Steve Motale, who at the time was the executive editor of Pretoria News. Motale had started off as a reporter at The Citizen in 2002, later becoming political editor and then editor of Citizen Metro.

Trevor Stevens

Trevor Stevens, who joined The Citizen in 2001 as a sports reporter, became editor of The Citizen in 2017. He is also the current Saturday Citizen editor – a position he has held since 2010.

Online Editors (past and present)

Charles Cilliers (May 2016 - June 2020)

Hendri Pelser (Acting online editor: June 2020 - June 2021)

Earl Coetzee (October 2021 - April 2023)

Earl took over from Hendri Pelser as acting online editor in July 2021 and was appointed online editor in October 2021.

Gareth Cotterell (June 2023 – present)

Gareth initially joined The Citizen as digital news editor. Beginning of May 2023, he took over from then digital editor, Earl Coetzee, in acting capacity. On June 6, 2023 he was appointed digital editor of The Citizen.

Regular columnists

Ben Trovato

Isaac Mashaba

William Saunderson-Meyer

Carine Hartman

Jennie Ridyard

Sydney Majoko

Brian Sokutu

Eric Naki

Reitumetse Makwea

Cliff Buchler

Danie Toerien

Martin Williams

Dirk Lotriet

Kekeletso Nakeli-Dhliwayo

Muzi Yeni

Bruce Fordyce

Wesley Botton

Jonty Mark

Ken Borland

Jonathan Mokuena

Titles/Products

The Citizen

Saturday Citizen (Previously Super Saturday Citizen)

The Citizen Online website

The redesigned website, citizen.co.za, went live on 1 August 2013.

Paywall and digital subscriptions

Supplements

Distribution areas

20212022
Eastern Cape
Free StateYY
GautengYY
KwaZulu-NatalSubscriptions onlySubscriptions only
LimpopoYY
MpumalangaYY
North WestYY
Northern CapeYY
Western Cape

Circulation figures

Circulation [4]
Total circulation
Apr-Jun 202226 142
Jan-Mar 202227 097
Oct-Nov 202127 492
Jul-Sep 202127 315
Apr-Jun 202129 678
Jan-Mar 202129 800
Oct-Dec 202030 012
Jul-Sep 202028 316
Jan-Mar 202036 359
Oct-Dec 201936 966
Jul-Sep 201938 270
Apr-Jun 201939 349
Jan-Mar 201940 481

Readership figures

Estimated readership [5]
PRINT AIR
Reader Audience Data 2021 (READ 2021)471 000

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  2. "Eschel Rhoodie, 1979/80" Archived 23 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine , Rob Marsh. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  3. "About us - The Citizen - The Citizen". citizen.co.za. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  4. Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  5. PAMS 2019 (PAMS 2019, AIR, PRINT)