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Rapport (newspaper)

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Rapport
Rapport Logo
TypeWeekly newspaper (Sunday)
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Naspers
PublisherMedia24
EditorWaldimar Pelser
Founded1970
LanguageAfrikaans
HeadquartersJohannesburg
Circulation175,552
Websitewww.rapport.co.za

Rapport is an Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper (released on Sundays) in South Africa and published by Media24. Its head office is in Johannesburg.[1] It is the second largest Sunday newspaper in South Africa after the Sunday Times.[2] Waldimar Pelser has been the editor since 2013.

History[edit]

Rapport was established in 1970 (Jordaan 2014). The precursor was Die Beeld, an Afrikaans Sunday newspaper established in the 1960s. Die Beeld later merged with Dagbreek to become Rapport.[3]: 292  The Beeld brand was re-established in 1974 with the founding of the daily newspaper, Beeld (Fourie 2007).

In June 2024, Moneyweb reported the newspaper would cease print in October.[4] Media24 declined to comment.[5]

Supplements[edit]

  • Loopbane24 (Sunday)[6]
  • Sake24 (Sunday)[6]
  • Sports24 (Sunday)[6]
  • Weekliks (Sunday)[6]
  • InRat (once a month)[6]
  • Rondrits (Sunday)[6]

Distribution areas[edit]

Distribution[7]
2008 2013 2018
Eastern Cape Y Y Y
Free State Y Y Y
Gauteng Y Y Y
Kwa-Zulu Natal Y Y Y
Limpopo Y Y Y
Mpumalanga Y Y Y
North West Y Y Y
Northern Cape Y Y Y
Western Cape Y Y Y

Distribution figures[edit]

Circulation[8]
Net Sales
October - December 2012 213 460
July - September 2012 220 494
April - June 2012 220 485
January - March 2012 223 593
October - December 2013 187 288
July - September 2013 183 187
April - June 2013 192 328
January - March 2013 210 675
April - June 2014 175 552
January - March 2014 177 016

Readership figures[edit]

Estimated Readership[9][10]
AIR
January – December 2012 1 286 000
January - December 2013 1 338 000

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bepalings en Voorwaardes." (Archive) Rapport. 31 June 2009. Retrieved on 26 March 2013. "Straatadres: 69 Kingsway Avenue, Aucklandpark, 2092;"
  2. ^ Is Waldimar Pelser Afrikaans media’s last roll of the dice? Mail & Guardian. 19 April 2013
  3. ^ Joyce, Peter (1989). The South African family encyclopaedia. Internet Archive. Cape Town : Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86977-887-6.
  4. ^ Maggs, Jeremy (13 June 2024). "End of an era: Media24 to close iconic newspapers". Moneyweb. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ Cronje, Jan (13 June 2024). "Media24 'continuously reviews operations', won't comment on report about newspaper closures". News24. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Beeld Website". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Rapport Website". Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  8. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  9. ^ SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
  10. ^ SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)

Bibliography[edit]

  • Jordaan, Marenet (2014). "Poke me, I'm a journalist: The impact of Facebook and Twitter on newsroom routines and cultures at two South African weeklies". In Paterson, Chris (ed.). Journalism and Social Media in Africa: Studies in Innovation and Transformation. Routledge. ISBN 9780415745260.
  • Fourie, Pieter Jacobus, ed. (2001). "The press". Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues. Routledge. ISBN 9780702156557.

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