The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa that was established in 1887. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such as Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Free State.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Independent News and Media SA |
| Publisher | Sekunjalo Independent Media |
| Editor | Japhet Mathanda Ncube |
| Founded | 6 January 1887; 137 years ago (1887-01-06) |
| Headquarters | 47 Pixley Seme Street, Johannesburg |
| Website | www |
The Star is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned by Sekunjalo Media Consortium whose founder and chairman is Dr. Iqbal Survé. For many years, The Star was owned by the Argus Printing & Publishing Company, controlled by the Anglo American Corporation.[1] The Irish Independent News & Media (INM) bought and renamed the Argus in the early 1990s.[2] Sekujalo acquired INL in 2013.[3]
The content published in The Star focuses on leading daily national, local and international national news and analysis. Its leader and opinion page offers a platform for thought leaders to contribute their opinions on topical news.
The Star houses the Business Report newspaper (a financial newspaper in South Africa), as well as a carrier for the following supplements:
Newspaper Journalism Awards 2012
The Star newspaper employed three members of the Bang-Bang Club. It employed Kevin Carter as a staff photographer in 1984. Ken Oosterbroek worked for the paper before being appointed its chief photographer in August 1991. João Silva was hired shortly afterwards.
The Star newspaper appeared for the first time in JohannesburgasThe Eastern Star. It was founded in Grahamstown under that title on 6 January 1871 (as a resurrection of the previous Great Eastern paper), and was moved to the Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the name Eastern Star was changed to the one currently in use.[4]
| 2008 | 2013 | |
| Eastern Cape | Y | |
|---|---|---|
| Free State | Y | Y |
| Gauteng | Y | Y |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | Y | |
| Limpopo | Y | Y |
| Mpumalanga | Y | Y |
| North West | Y | Y |
| Northern Cape | Y | Y |
| Western Cape | Y |
| Paid circulation | Total circulation | |
| Jan - Mar 2024 | 5 146 | 18 432[7] |
|---|---|---|
| Oct - Dec 2023 | 8 900 | 17 834[8] |
| Jul - Sep 2023 | 9 137 | 18 229[9] |
| Apr - Jun 2023 | 11 716 | 24 078[10] |
| Jan - Mar 2023 | 12 436 | 25 596[11] |
| Jul - Sep 2022 | 14 139 | 27 563[12] |
| Jan - Mar 2022 | 27 984[13] | |
| Oct - Dec 2021 | 27 417[14] | |
| Jul - Sep 2021 | 25 769[15] | |
| Apr - Jun 2021 | 27 823[16] | |
| Jan - Mar 2020 | 33 128 | 57 019[17] |
| Jan - Mar 2019 | 72 010[18] | |
| Jan - Mar 2018 | 75 836[19] | |
| Jan - Mar 2017 | 84 857[20] | |
| Jan - Mar 2016 | 86 833[21] | |
| Jan - Mar 2015 | 91 735[22] | |
| Jan - Mar 2014 | 101 711[22] | |
| Oct - Dec 2012 | 102 244 | |
| Jul - Sep 2012 | 105 686 | |
| Apr - Jun 2012 | 117 874 | |
| Jan - Mar 2012 | 124 641 |
| AIR | |
| January – December 2012 | 615 000 |
|---|---|
| July 2011 - June 2012 | 683 000 |
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