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
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] A month later Media24 announced it will suspend the planned closure until the
Competition Commission approves of it's plan to sell newspaper distribution company On-The-Dot to Novus, which was the reason behind the paper's planned shuttering.[6]
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.
ISBN9780415745260.
Fourie, Pieter Jacobus, ed. (2001). "The press". Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues. Routledge.
ISBN9780702156557.
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
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] A month later Media24 announced it will suspend the planned closure until the
Competition Commission approves of it's plan to sell newspaper distribution company On-The-Dot to Novus, which was the reason behind the paper's planned shuttering.[6]
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.
ISBN9780415745260.
Fourie, Pieter Jacobus, ed. (2001). "The press". Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues. Routledge.
ISBN9780702156557.
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