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The Cape Times is an English-language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media SA and published in Cape Town, South Africa.
As of 2012[update], the newspaper had a daily readership of 261,000 and a circulation of 34,523. By the fourth quarter of 2014, circulation had declined to 31,930.
The Cape Times had its origins in the great economic and social boom years that followed the Cape's attainment of "Responsible Government" (local democracy) in 1872. The first edition of the newspaper, a small four-page sheet, was published on 27 March 1876 by then editor Frederick York St Leger. St Leger was assisted by Richard William Murray Jr, whose father of the same name had been one of the founding partners of the Cape Argus.
It was the first daily paper in southern Africa, and soon became one of the principal newspapers of the Cape. Modelled on The Times, its primary target was the poor working class, as it attempted to expose early government corruption.
From 1936 the paper, along with its printing operation, occupied Newspaper House on Greenmarket Square.
The Cape Times gained international prominence when it published an interview with the then banned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo in 1985. The interview, published in the Cape Times under the heading "A Conversation with Oliver Tambo of the ANC,” was an important event in South African history as it allowed the ANC to present its vision of a non-racial South Africa to the public and thereby alleviate fears held by White South Africans for a post-apartheid South Africa. This ultimately helped created the political conditions for the negotiated settlement that ended apartheid and established a non-racial democratic government.
The Cape Times editor that conducted the interview, Tony Heard, was later arrested and charged with contravening the Internal Security Act. The charges were later dropped.
The paper was later bought by Irish group Independent News and Media, the South African portion, including the Cape Times, was sold to Sekunjalo Investments (Independent News and Media SA) in 2013.
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Cape Times
The Cape Times is an English-language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media SA and published in Cape Town, South Africa.
As of 2012[update], the newspaper had a daily readership of 261,000 and a circulation of 34,523. By the fourth quarter of 2014, circulation had declined to 31,930.
The Cape Times had its origins in the great economic and social boom years that followed the Cape's attainment of "Responsible Government" (local democracy) in 1872. The first edition of the newspaper, a small four-page sheet, was published on 27 March 1876 by then editor Frederick York St Leger. St Leger was assisted by Richard William Murray Jr, whose father of the same name had been one of the founding partners of the Cape Argus.
It was the first daily paper in southern Africa, and soon became one of the principal newspapers of the Cape. Modelled on The Times, its primary target was the poor working class, as it attempted to expose early government corruption.
From 1936 the paper, along with its printing operation, occupied Newspaper House on Greenmarket Square.
The Cape Times gained international prominence when it published an interview with the then banned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo in 1985. The interview, published in the Cape Times under the heading "A Conversation with Oliver Tambo of the ANC,” was an important event in South African history as it allowed the ANC to present its vision of a non-racial South Africa to the public and thereby alleviate fears held by White South Africans for a post-apartheid South Africa. This ultimately helped created the political conditions for the negotiated settlement that ended apartheid and established a non-racial democratic government.
The Cape Times editor that conducted the interview, Tony Heard, was later arrested and charged with contravening the Internal Security Act. The charges were later dropped.
The paper was later bought by Irish group Independent News and Media, the South African portion, including the Cape Times, was sold to Sekunjalo Investments (Independent News and Media SA) in 2013.