Paarl Post

Paarl, Western Cape, South AfricaEnglish / Afrikaans

Established in 1905, Paarl Post is a prominent bilingual community newspaper serving the Drakenstein Valley region of South Africa. Published weekly in Afrikaans and English, it covers local news, sports, and community events, and is currently part of the Media24 stable, accessible via the Netwerk24 digital platform.

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A small number of legacy publishing groups dominate a national press market characterized by mass-market tabloids operating alongside established broadsheets. The Sunday Times stands as the country's largest national weekly, while the Media24-owned tabloid Daily Sun captures an enormous daily working-class readership. Historic titles like the investigative Mail & Guardian, the financial broadsheet Business Day, and Johannesburg's centre-left daily The Star hold significant journalistic weight across the country. Beyond these prominent English-language publications, the historic Afrikaans daily Die Burger serves substantial regional audiences in the Western and Eastern Cape. Paperboy indexes 77 South African newspapers — browse the full directory below.