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City Press is an English national Sunday paper of the RCP Media group and is sold weekly in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia.

Circulation: 195 150 (ABC Oct-Dec 2007)

Readership: 2.67 million

History
City Press was established in 1982 as Golden City Press and was the first national Sunday newspaper aimed at the Black market. The owners were Jim Bailey and the South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN). In 1983 the name of the publication was changed to City Press. When SAAN withdrew, Jim Bailey became the sole proprietor of City Press and the magazines Drum and True Love. In 1984 financial problems developed and only Nasionale Pers was willing to guarantee sufficient funds to help with the development of this publication. On 1 April 1984 Nasionale Pers took over City Press, Drum and True Love. A charter, confirming that journalists will still enjoy the same degree of freedom within the law, was signed between Nasionale Pers and these publications. Since 1 May 1999 City Press and Rapport, the other Sunday Newspaper of Naspers, have been published by RCP Media (a wholly owned subsidiary of Naspers).

City Press today
Today, City Press is the biggest English newspaper aimed at the Black market and the third biggest newspaper in the country with a circulation of 195 150 (Audit Bureau of Circulations, Oct-Dec 2007). The newspaper is distributed nationally as well as in our neighbouring countries, especially Botswana. Nearly half of the circulation is in Gauteng where most of City Press's readers are found. The newspaper has 2,67 million readers, of which 95% are black (AMPS 2007B).

City Press Editorial team

Editor-in-Chief: Mathatha Tsedu
Editor: Khathu Mamaila
Deputy Editor: Lizeka Mda
Managing Editor: Elizabeth Barratt
News Editor: Japhet Ncube
Investigations Editor: Makhudu Sefara
Production Editor: Richard Gibbs
Chief Sub-Editor: Khaya F Mdluli
Business editor: Siyabulela Qoza
Acting Sports Editor: S'busiso Mseleku
LifeStyle Editor: Babalwa Shota
Motoring editor: Steve Dlamini-Kabini
City Pulse Editor: Gail Smith
Gauteng Editor: Lucas Ledwaba
Pictures editor: Motlhalefi Mahlabe
Web Editor: Modise Kabeli

City Press contact address and telephone numbers

City Press
Media Park
69 Kingsway
Auckland Park
Johannesburg
2092

City Press
P O Box 3413
Johannesburg
2000

Switchboard: 011 713-9001

E-mail: News@citypress.co.za

News calls will be treated in the strictest confidence.

If you have problems getting City Press, call Circulation on any day of the week, including Sunday, on the following number: 011 614-6661.

The SA Press Ombudsman's office is the place where readers may take unresolved disputes and lodge complaints relating to the content of the print media.
His address is:
613 Nedbank Gardens, 33 Bath Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
PO Box 47221, Parklands 2121
Telephone: 011 788-4828
Fax: 011 788-4990

Price in South Africa:

3	months	R54.60
6	months	R109.20
12	months	R218.40

Prices in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland: R5,50 excluding applicable tax.

To subscribe, call Rita Zondagh on 011 713-9487.

To advertise, call Shane Jacobs on 011 713-9509 or 083 301 6064 or send her an e-mail at sjacobs@rapport.co.za.

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