Independent Media (Pty) Ltd Information

Independent Media is one of South Africa’s leading multi-platform content companies. Our stable of credible, quality publications include 20 of the country’s most prominent newspapers, with an additional 15 Cape Community newspapers. The Star in Johannesburg, Cape Times and Cape Argus in Cape Town and The Mercury in Durban are amongst the few that are firmly entrenched in millions of households throughout South Africa. This includes, our successful native language newspaper, I'solezwe lesiXhosa, that speaks to 3, 5 million Xhosas in the Eastern Cape. All of Independent Media's newspaper content can be accessed on IOL [Independent Media's digital mothership, www.iol.co.za]. Further to that, we have crossed South African borders to extend to millions of readers within the larger parts of Africa with our fast growing newspaper, African Independent. Independent Media is geared for growth. With the adoption of best global practice, investment in state-of-the art technology and the employment of highly skilled individuals, the company aims to become the leading content provider across media platforms in Africa, adopting the digital first, print best culture to offer our established diverse loyal base an uncompromising approach to delivering fresh, original content to its audiences, with the aid of cutting edge journalism from South Africa’s most talented news staff - that speaks to every South African. Corporate: www.independentmedia.co.za News: www.iol.co.za