News media – Useful Contacts

Contact Name Description Phone Number Website Email
Avusa

A media and entertainment organisation. Their brands include The Sunday times, The Financial Mail, the Sunday Times, the Times and The Sowetan.

011 280 3000 www.avusa.co.za/
Caxton and CTP

Publishers and printers of various newspapers and magazines.

011 889 0600 www.caxton.co.za
Daily Sun

Daily Tabloid style newspaper, concentrating on community news.

+27 31 533 7600 www.dailysun.co.za
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)

Government department responsible for the delivery of safe secure media forms to the public. Useful for the listing and contact details of media organisations in South Africa

+27 12 314 2911 www.gcis.gov.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Health_e

Local free online magazine type of supplement, focusing mainly on health writing.

(Cape Town) +27 21 683 8099 (Johannesburg) +27 11 484 3575 (Durban) +27 31 201 3481 http://www.health-e.org.za
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)

A private NPO focusing on health care issues through research and communication programmes.

www.kff.org
Mail&Guardian

A Johannesburg based news publication.

+27 11 250 7300 www.mg.co.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA)

Media monitoring project aimed at servicing African audiences and their gripes or likes from certain advertising

+27 11 788 1278 www.mediamonitoringafrica.org .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
News 24

News24 is Southern Africa and Africa’s premier online news resource, with round-the-clock coverage to bring you local and international news as it happens, when it happens.

+27 21 468 8000 www.news24.com/
Sangonet

A civil society organisation which assists NGOs in incorporating ICTs (Information and communication technologies) into their activities in order to strengthen their service delivery. Sangonet’s NGO Pulse functions as a one-stop Internet information resource for and about the NGO sector in South Africa and is a recognised and respected gateway to the development community.

+27 11 403 4935 www.sangonet.org.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Citizen

Johannesburg news publication.

www.citizen.co.za
The New Age

A Johannesburg based newspaper which covers news from various provinces.

+27 11 542 1222 www.thenewage.co.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Sowetan

A news publication based in Johannesburg.

+27 11 280 3000 www.sowetanlive.co.za .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Star Newspaper

A newspaper available in the Johannesburg area.

+27 11 633 9111 www.thestar.co.za/
The Sunday Times/The Times

A national newspaper.

+27 11 280 3000 www.timeslive.co.za/