The Rand Daily Mail

The Rand Daily Mail ( German as: daily mail hem) was an English-language daily newspaper in South Africa. She appeared in Johannesburg and was known for its stance against apartheid.

History

1902, the Rand Daily Mail of Bertie Charles Forbes was established in Johannesburg and after a short time sold to the mine owner Abe Bailey. Until his death in 1940 Bailey took control of the newspaper, most recently on the Publisher The Rand Daily Mail Limited. 1955, the publishing house became the subsidiary of the South African Associated Newspapers Limited. The delivery in remote areas such as Natal and the then Rhodesia was henceforth by plane.

Although the newspaper was read mainly by whites, the newspaper addressed during the apartheid era, the first of its kind with topics of blacks. They reported in 1960 about the Sharpeville Massacre. 1963 registered journalists about the conditions in the prisons and on forced relocations. In the 1960s so-called township spending for black readers were issued. In 1966, the newspaper for their commitment to the World Press Achievement Award from the American Newspaper Publishers Association ( ANPA ). Helen Zille, since 2009 Premier of the Western Cape, revealed the circumstances surrounding the violent death of Steve Biko in the newspaper. The political prisoner was not, as claimed by the government, died in a hunger strike, but to injuries.

On 3 October 1978, in the Rand Daily Mail, a report on the - later called - Mulder gate affair. Under the leadership of Peter Cornelius Mulder, the South African government had been trying since 1973 to provide public funds in South Africa and abroad, a network of newspapers to improve the reputation of the apartheid regime. Among other things, had been trying to buy the American newspaper Washington Star. The newspaper The Citizen was founded as a rival newspaper the Rand Daily Mail. The group Anglo American, owner of the Rand Daily Mail, demanded early 1980s, to moderate the price of the sheet to the government to attract more affluent white readers. This strategy led to losses, so that the Rand Daily Mail appeared for the last time on 30 April 1985.

Some editors of the Rand Daily Mail used their severance pay to start the weekly Weekly Mail, which also took a stand against apartheid and was later renamed the Mail & Guardian.

Description

The Rand Daily Mail was published in broadsheet format. The lettering Rand Daily Mail was kept in blue color.

Editors ( selection)

  • Edgar Wallace, 1902-1903 Publisher
  • Laurence gandar, 1957-1965 Chief Editor
  • Benjamin Pogrund, 1958-1985 Journalist
  • Raymond Louw, 1965-1977 Publisher
  • Peter Magubane, a photojournalist from 1967
  • Allister Sparks, photojournalist, 1977-1981 Publisher
  • Helen Zille, 1974-1982 journalist
  • Rex Gibson, 1981-1985 Publisher
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