Grocott's Mail
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South AfricaEnglishGrocott's Mail is a local newspaper based in Makhanda, South Africa. Founded in 1870, it is recognized as the country's oldest independent newspaper. Now published in partnership with Rhodes University, it provides comprehensive coverage of local news, municipal politics, and community affairs within the Eastern Cape region.
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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.
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