South African press events Timeline

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  • First local publication

  • The first non government paper

    The South African Commercial Advertiser

  • Black press

    Began because of the Ordinance no. 60

  • signing of Ordinance no.60

  • The first Afrikaans newspaper

    De Zuid-Afrikaan

  • Newspaper Press Union (NPU)

  • First black written, owned and controlled newspaper

    by Tengo Jabavu founder of Imvo Zabantsundu

  • three major Afrikaans Language newspapers

    Started because of NP coming into power

  • The African drum

    It was changed to the drum and took charge in the final years of apartheid to report on the injustices faced by the black south africans (Fourie, 2007)

  • Resistance and Opposition

    Inkundla, Fighting Talk and the New Age/ (Spark) are all newspapers that's were against the national partly and openly supported the ANC

  • South African Students Organisation (SASO)

    Non- commercial independent publication (Fourie, 2007)
    SASO newsletter
    SASO created to spread black consciousness ideas

  • Labour strikes

    White domination was what people were striking against

  • State of Emergency

    There was restrictions on the press