Avusa Limited was officially unveiled on 20 November 2007 as the new name for Johnnic Communications Limited (Johncom). The company has evolved and grown remarkably over the years, to become one of the pre-eminent media and entertainment organisations in South Africa and the continent. Avusa’s head office is situated in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
Avusa’s business titles include:
Built; Computing SA; and
SA Mining. Its consumer magazines include:
Avocado; Avokado; Elle; Elle Decoration; Elle Man; Longevity; Soccer Life; SA Home Owner; SA Home Owner Buyers Guide; Site and Road; Stuff; and
Top Huis.
Newspaper titles published by Avusa Gauteng include:
Agri (Free State), (Gauteng), (KZN), (Limpopo), (Mpumalanga), (North West), and (Northern Cape);
Business Day (final) and (national);
Financial Mail;
Sowetan (late final), (Limpopo) and (Mpumalanga);
Sunday Times (first edition), (second edition) and (third edition);
Sunday Times Extra;
Sunday World;
The Times (first edition) and (second edition);
Umsobomvu Youth Mag (SAY); and
The Weekender.
Avusa KZN publishes
Sowetan (KZN); while Avusa Coastal Distribution and Community Newspapers publishes the following:
Agri (Eastern Cape) and (Western Cape);
Algoa Sun; Daily Dispatch; Go! & Express; Grahamstown This Week; Herald (Garden Route) and (morning final);
Ilizwi; King Williamstown Mercury; Mdantsane Dispatch; Our Times; The Rep; Saturday Dispatch; Talk of the Town; and
Weekend Post.
Avusa also publishes an annual
Professions & Projects Register; and
Mims, the South African medical reference publisher.
Avusa recently launched a multimedia portal at
www.thetimes.co.za. The company is linked to The Home Show; Summit TV; Nu-Metro; Popcorn Advertising; Exclusive Books; Gallo Music Group; Struik; MapStudio; Van Schaik Bookstore; I-Net Bridge, Amorphous Corporate, and Career Junction.
For more information, call 011 280 3000, or visit
www.avusa.co.za.