Cape Times
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The front page of the Cape Times of 19 September 2008
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Independent News and Media SA |
| Editor | Aneez Salie |
| News editor | Ashfak Mohamed |
| Sports editor | Ian Smit |
| Founded | 27 March 1876 |
| Headquarters | Newspaper House, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Circulation | 34 523 |
| Sister newspapers | Cape Argus |
| Website | www |
The Cape Times is an English-language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media SA and published in Cape Town, South Africa.
As of 2012[update] the newspaper had a daily readership of 261 000 and a circulation of 34 523. By the fourth quarter of 2014, circulation had declined to 31 930.
The Cape Times had its origins in the great economic and social boom years that followed the Cape's attainment of "Responsible Government" (local democracy) in 1872. The first edition of the newspaper was published on 27 March 1876 by then editor Frederick York St Leger. It was the first daily paper in southern Africa, and soon became one of the principal newspapers of the Cape. Modelled on The Times, its primary target was the poor working class, as it attempted to expose early government corruption.
Later bought by Irish group Independent News and Media, the South African portion, including the Cape Times, was sold to Sekunjalo Investments (Independent News and Media SA) in 2013.
Estimates of readership are maintained by the SAARF with 95% confidence intervals of about 15%. Within the estimated error readership has remained constant since 2009. Methodological changes introduced in 2009 by SAARF make comparison to previous years difficult.
Two controversies have plagued the paper since its takeover by Sekunjalo Investments in 2013. Most notable of which have been the firing of Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois in December 2013 and accusations of pro-ANC bias in January 2015.
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