Independent Media
Independent Media describes itself as one of South Africa’s leading multi-platform content companies, with an array of publications including some of the country’s best-known newspapers in major metropolitan areas. Formerly known as the Argus Group, Independent Media has a history going back more than a century. The first newspaper launched by the group’s forebear was the Cape Argus, founded in 1857 — the first afternoon daily in Cape Town. In 2002, the group founded Isolezwe, the country’s first vernacular daily newspaper. In 2013, Independent News & Media South Africa was returned to home soil after being bought back from the Irish by a consortium led by the Sekunjalo Investment Group and was renamed Independent Media (Pty) Ltd. The current shareholders include Sagarmatha Technologies Limited (a subsidiary of the Sekunjalo Group) and Interacom Investment Holding Limited, which represents China International Television Corporation (中國國際電視總公司) and China Africa Development Fund (中非發展基金).
