Cape Times
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 The Cape Times front page of 19 September 2008 |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Independent News & Media |
| Editor | Alide Dasnois |
| News editor | Tony Weaver |
| Sports editor | Ian Smit |
| Founded | 27 March 1876 |
| Headquarters | Newspaper House, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Circulation | 47 514 |
| Sister newspapers | Cape Argus |
| Official website | www.capetimes.co.za |
The Cape Times is an English language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media and published in Cape Town, South Africa. The first edition of the newspaper was published on 27 March 1876 by then editor Frederick York St Leger.[1] Modeled on The Times, its primary target was the poor working class, as it attempted to expose early government corruption.
As of 2009[update] the newspaper had a daily readership of 272 000 and a circulation of 47 514.[2]
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[edit] History
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[edit] Famous Staff and Contributors
- Laurens van der Post (Reporter 1930's)
- William Plomer
- Sol Plaatjie
- Roy Campbell
[edit] References
- ^ Shaw, Gerald 1999 "The Cape Times: An Informal History" David Philip, Cape Town
- ^ "Cape Times: Readership". http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=3234. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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