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| Type | South African news brand |
|---|---|
| Owner | Media24 |
| Editor | Mondli Makhanya |
| Founded | 1982 (as Golden City Press) 1983 (renamed City Press) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg,Gauteng, South Africa |
| Sister newspapers | Rapport |
| OCLC number | 70724022 |
| Website | www |
City Press is a South African news brand that publishes online. Its flagship print edition was distributed nationally on Sunday, and it has a daily newsletter, online platform, and other social media platforms. These includeTwitter,Facebook,Instagram andYouTube. The newspaper is owned byMedia24, which is the media arm ofNaspers. The last print edition was published on Sunday 22 December 2024. It is now available on News24.[1].
The publication also runs a daily morning newsletter calledOn 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:
The newspaper was established in 1982 as theGolden City Press byJames R. A. Bailey and theSouth 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 andTrue 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 theCompetition 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]
The editor in chief of the City Press news brand isMondli Makhanya. He has been at the helm of the news brand since 1 August 2016.[4] Prior to Makhanya, the news brand was edited byFerial Haffajee, who joined City Press on 1 July 2009.[5]
It counts among its ranks of former editorsKhathu Mamaila,[6] Mathatha Tsedu and Len Kalane, who wrote a book about his experiences as editor of City Press, entitledThe Chapter We Wrote: The City Press Story.[7]
The newspaper is distributed nationally and in neighbouring countries, includingBotswana, Lesotho,Namibia andSwaziland. It has a readership of about 2.5 million (source: AMPS 2001A).[citation needed]
| 2008 | 2013 | |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | Y | Y |
| Free State | Y | Y |
| Gauteng | Y | Y |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | Y | Y |
| Limpopo | Y | Y |
| Mpumalanga | Y | Y |
| North West | Y | Y |
| Northern Cape | Y | Y |
| Western Cape | Y | Y |
| Net sales | |
|---|---|
| October – December 2012 | 126 400 |
| July – September 2012 | 135 148 |
| April – June 2012 | 146 054 |
| January – March 2012 | 163 705 |
| AIR | |
|---|---|
| January – December 2012 | 1 757 000 |
| July 2011 – June 2012 | 1 863 000 |
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