The Star (South Africa)
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The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such as Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Free State.
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Independent News and Media SA |
Publisher | Sekunjalo Independent Media |
Editor | Japhet Mathanda Ncube |
Founded | 6 January 1887; 137 years ago (1887-01-06) |
Headquarters | 47 Pixley Seme Street, Johannesburg |
Website | www |
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The Star is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned by Sekunjalo Media Consortium whose founder and chairman is Dr. Iqbal Survé. For many years, The Star was owned by the Argus Printing & Publishing Company, controlled by the Anglo American Corporation.[1] The Irish Independent News & Media (INM) bought and renamed the Argus in the early 1990s.[2] Sekujalo acquired INL in 2013.[3]