South African daily newspaper
The Star Gauteng ,South Africa that was established in 1887. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such asMpumalanga ,Limpopo ,North West , andFree State .
The Star is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned bySekunjalo Media Consortium whose founder and chairman isDr. Iqbal Survé . For many years,The Star was owned by the Argus Printing & Publishing Company, controlled by the Anglo American Corporation.[ 1] Independent News & Media (INM) bought and renamed the Argus in the early 1990s.[ 2] [ 3]
The content published inThe Star focuses on leading daily national, local and international national news and analysis. Its leader and opinion page offers a platform for thought leaders to contribute their opinions on topical news.
The Star houses theBusiness Report newspaper (a financialnewspaper in South Africa ), as well as a carrier for the following supplements:
Newspaper Journalism Awards 2012
Hard News: Angelique Serrao "Gauteng toll roads" Feature photographs: Antoine de Ras "The Long Road Home" Hard News: Louise Flanagan "92 million: Zuma's political elite benefit" Enterprise News: Lebogang Seale "Raped by the justice system" Feature Writing: Beauregard Tromp "The weight of water"Jonathan Ancer "Adventures of an AWOL Chequebook" shared with our sister paperCape Times News photographs: Antoine de Ras "Mogadishu Madness" Feature photographs: Antoine de Ras "The Long Road Home"" Sports photographs: Adrian de Kock "Polo Pigeons"Standard Bank 2013 Sikuvile Journalism Awards Rising Star of the Year: Kristen van Schie Vast Number of Entries Standard Bank 2014 Sikuvile Journalism Awards Hard News: Angelique Serrao, Botho Molosankwe, Kristen Van Schie, Lebogang Seale & Kevin Ritchie Deadly Valentine (Series). Enterprise News: Kristen van Schie After the Fall. Popular Journalism: Omphitlhetse Mooki Hell Hath no Fury like a Woman Scorned. Newspaper Journalist of the Year: Antoine de Ras Oscar Pistorius Standard Bank 2015 Sikuvile Journalism Awards Hard News: Botho Molosankwe, Timothy Bernard, Theresa Taylor & Omphitlhetse Mooki "Joburg's Raging Fires - Firefight Scandal" Hard News: Botho Molosankwe "What a Bummer" Graphic Journalism : Sithembile Mtolo "Greening your home"News Photographs : Bongiwe Mchunu "Extinguisher" Standard Bank 2016 Sikuvile Journalism AwardsEnterprise News: The Star Women's Team 2016 "The Rise of Women's Power" Graphic Journalism: Lebohang Elvin Nethononda "Soweto Uprising 1976" Presentation: Narianan Nelandri "16 June: 40 Years On" Young Journalist of the Year: Nokuthula Mbatha "Deep in the Devil's Drug"National Arts Festival /BASA Arts Journalism Awards 2016 News: Silver Winners Wendyl Martin shared with its sister publication Weekend Argus The Star newspaper employed three members of theBang-Bang Club . It employedKevin Carter as a staff photographer in 1984.Ken Oosterbroek worked for the paper before being appointed its chief photographer in August 1991.João Silva was hired shortly afterwards.
The Star newspaper appeared for the first time inJohannesburg asThe Eastern Star Grahamstown under that title on 6 January 1871 (as a resurrection of the previousGreat Eastern Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the nameEastern Star was changed to the one currently in use.[ 4]
Business Report (Monday-Friday)[ 5] Tonight (Monday-Friday)[ 5] Workplace (Monday & Wednesday)[ 5] Motoring (Thursday)[ 5] Play (monthly)[ 5] Distribution[ 5] 2008 2013 Eastern Cape Y Free State Y Y Gauteng Y Y Kwa-Zulu Natal Y Limpopo Y Y Mpumalanga Y Y North West Y Y Northern Cape Y Y Western Cape Y
Distribution figures [ edit ] Circulation[ 6] Paid circulation Total circulation Jan - Mar 2025 4 423 19 730[ 7] Oct - Dec 2024 4 196 20 375[ 8] Jul - Sep 2024 4 355 20 230[ 9] Apr - Jun 2024 4 647 20 124[ 10] Jan - Mar 2024 5 146 18 432[ 11] Oct - Dec 2023 8 900 17 834[ 12] Jul - Sep 2023 9 137 18 229[ 13] Apr - Jun 2023 11 716 24 078[ 14] Jan - Mar 2023 12 436 25 596[ 15] Jul - Sep 2022 14 139 27 563[ 16] Jan - Mar 2022 15 279 27 984[ 17] Oct - Dec 2021 14 705 27 417[ 18] Jul - Sep 2021 13 967 25 769[ 19] Apr - Jun 2021 14 931 27 823[ 20] Jan - Mar 2020 33 128 57 019[ 21] Jan - Mar 2019 72 010[ 22] Jan - Mar 2018 75 836[ 23] Jan - Mar 2017 84 857[ 24] Jan - Mar 2016 86 833[ 25] Jan - Mar 2015 91 735[ 26] Jan - Mar 2014 101 711[ 26] Oct - Dec 2012 102 244 Jul - Sep 2012 105 686 Apr - Jun 2012 117 874 Jan - Mar 2012 124 641
Estimated Readership[ 27] [ 28] AIR January – December 2012 615 000 July 2011 - June 2012 683 000
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