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| Type | Weekly newspaper (Sunday) |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Naspers |
| Publisher | Media24 |
| Editor | Inge Kühne |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg |
| Circulation | 175,552 |
| Website | www |
Rapport (English: 'Report') is anAfrikaans-language weekly newspaper (released on Sundays) inSouth Africa and published byMedia24. Its head office is inJohannesburg.[1] It is the second largest Sunday newspaper in South Africa after theSunday Times.[2] Inge Kühne has been the editor since 2021. In 2024 it was decided that the print edition will close due to declining sales. The last print edition was published on Sunday 22 December 2024, and it is now available online only.
Rapport was established in 1970 (Jordaan 2014). The precursor wasDie Beeld, an Afrikaans Sunday newspaper established in the 1960s.Die Beeld later merged withDagbreek to becomeRapport.[3]: 292 TheBeeld 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 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.[6]
| 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | Y | Y | Y |
| Free State | Y | Y | Y |
| Gauteng | Y | Y | Y |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | Y | Y | Y |
| Limpopo | Y | Y | Y |
| Mpumalanga | Y | Y | Y |
| North West | Y | Y | Y |
| Northern Cape | Y | Y | Y |
| Western Cape | Y | Y | Y |
| Net Sales | |
|---|---|
| October - December 2012 | 213 460 |
| July - September 2012 | 220 494 |
| April - June 2012 | 220 485 |
| January - March 2012 | 223 593 |
| October - December 2013 | 187 288 |
| July - September 2013 | 183 187 |
| April - June 2013 | 192 328 |
| January - March 2013 | 210 675 |
| April - June 2014 | 175 552 |
| January - March 2014 | 177 016 |
| AIR | |
|---|---|
| January – December 2012 | 1 286 000 |
| January - December 2013 | 1 338 000 |
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