The Independent Group is one of South Africa’s leading newspaper owners, with a long and illustrious history in our country. The group’s newspaper stable covers both the national and regional markets. Independent Group also launched the hugely successful Independent Online (iol) website, the biggest breaking news, classifieds and information website in South Africa. IOL, owned by Independent News and Media, offers hundreds of local news items and 20 000 classified ads every day.

*Independent Newspapers Gauteng includes the following 14 titles:
Business Report (national); Diamond Fields Advertiser; Isoleswe (Gauteng); Personal Finance, Personal Finance (national); Pretoria News and Pretoria News Weekend; Saturday Star; Star, Star (late edition), and Star (noon); Study Mate; Sunday Independent; and Uncut.

*Independent Newspapers KZN includes the following 11 titles:
Daily News (deadline) and Daily News (late final); Ezasegagasini Metro; Independent on Saturday; Isolezwe KZN and Isolezwe NgeSonto; Mercury (Durban); Post; and Sunday Tribune (final), (late final), and (sport edition).

*Independent Newspapers Western Cape includes the following 22 titles:
Athlone News; Atlantic Sun; Bolander; Cape Argus (city late) and (late final); Cape Times; The Capetowner; Constantiaberg Bulletin; Daily Voice; False Bay Echo; The Pink Tongue; Plainsman; Saturday Weekend Argus; Sentinel News; Southern Mail; Southern Suburbs Tatler; Sunday Weekend Argus; Table Talk; Tygertalk (Bellville & Durbanville); Tygertalk (Goodwood & Parow); Uncut (Afrikaans); and Vukani.

The Independent group is experimenting globally with outsourcing the production of their titles.

For more information, visit www.iol.co.za, call the NICCC (National Information Customer Care Centre) on 011 639 7100, or email [email protected].