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Press Releases

  • Eugene Saldahna Fellowship in Social Justice Reporting

    • 10h00, Friday
      30th July
      2010
    The Mail and Guardian and the Eugene Saldahna Memorial Fund, a project of CAF Southern Africa, are please to announce the creation of an annual fellowship in social justice reporting.  The fellowship is intended to enable a journalist to spend a year[…]

  • PMSA at the Ma-Afrika Tikkum Crèche

    • 10h00, Monday
      26th July
      2010
    On the 23rd of July 2010, a group of PMSA staff filled two cars to the brim; two boots were filled with toys, clothes, soccer balls and other material that PMSA had collected over the last couple of weeks. The initial aim was to donate everything on Mande[…]

  • Terry Bell

    • 09h00, Monday
      26th July
      2010
    The Nat Nakasa award for the year 2010 was awarded to Terry Bell.  This was revealed at the award ceremony held at the Wanderers Club (Sandton).  The venue was filled with colleagues, editors and other media practitioners who had come to witness[…]

Events Calendar

  • The Nat Nakasa Award 2010.

    • 19h00, Saturday
      24th July
      2010
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    The venue will be confirmed at a later stage.[…]

  • Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award

    • 19h00, Wednesday
      5th May
      2010
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    The awards honour and encourage excellence in a wide range of categories, from investigative journalism and breaking news, to feature writing, graphical journalism, and presentation. This is year they will be held at Soccer City. […]

  • Dialogue, Drama, Diski

    • 18h30, Monday
      26th April
      2010
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Print Media Trivia

01.

The first independent African owned newspaper in South Africa was Imvo Zabantsundu in 1884. The newspaper was started by JohnTengo Jabavu (1852 — 1921) in King Williams Town.

Imvo played a leading role in articulating African interests and defending them when they were threatened by the government of the day, more especially under the influence of the Afrikaner Bond. (Mqingwana, V. (1982) John Tengo Jabavu Pioneer – of the Black Press)

02.

The first ‘newspaper‘ in South Africa was published with permission of the British authorities by a firm of merchants, Walker and Robertson, at 35 Plein Street, Cape Town, on August 16, 1800. It was The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser/Kaapsche Stads Courant en Afrikaansche Berigter and was to be the forerunner of the Government Gazette.

03.

The Herald is the oldest newspaper in the country, established in 1845 (163 years old). Next on the list is the Witness, which was established a year after The Herald. The Cape Times is the third oldest newspaper having being established in 1876.