SECTOR 2 is accessed by an estimated 18, 6 million listeners a week, according to www. southafrica.info. Print Audit Bureau of Circulations figures for October 2012 notes there are 22 daily newspapers in South Africa. In 2010, there were 21, with the latest addition to the fold being the nationally distributed New Age. Published by TNA Media, which is owned by the controversial and politically well-connected Gupta family, it includes a high proportion of government advertising compared to other daily newspapers. Most of the other daily newspapers are owned by four big players: Independent, the Times Media Group (TMG, formerly Avusa), Media24 and Caxton. Andrew Bonamour, has been the new Chief Executive Officer of TMG since January 2013, while the Mvelaphanda Group took control of Avusa, transforming in into TMG, in September 2012. TMG owns the Daily Dispatch, Business Day, the Sowetan, The Herald, Times and the Sunday Times. Media24 owns City Press, Volksblad, Die Burger, Kaap Son, Daily Sun, Beeld and Witness. In mid-2013, the Independent news group was sold by the Irish O’Reilly family to the politically well-connected Sekunjalo consortium in South Africa headed by Iqbal Survé. The Independent Group owns the Cape Times, the Cape Argus, the Daily Voice, The Mercury, the Daily News, Osolezwe, The Star, Diamond Fields Advertiser and the Pretoria News. The Star Africa is a new English edition launched in 2012. Caxton, which owns a number of local newspapers, also owns The Citizen, a daily national newspaper. The main weekend newspapers are also owned predominantly by these two groups: The Independent (Sunday Independent, Weekend Argus, Independent on Saturday, Osolezwe ngeSonto, Post, Sunday Tribune, Saturday Star), and TMG (the biggest selling Sunday Times, Sunday World and Weekend Post). Media24 is also a major player in the weekend newspaper market and owns City Press, Rapport, Soccer Laduma, the relatively new Sondag, Saturday Sun, Volksblad Saterdag, Die Burger, Son Op Sondag and Naweek Beeld). Mandla-Matla owns the two Zulu-language weeklies, Ilanga and Ilanga Langesonto, while M&G Media owns the Mail & Guardian. Most, if not all, of the newspapers and magazines – especially those owned by TMG, Independent and Media24 – have a strong online presence. The Daily Maverick is an online-only newspaper launched in 2009, and which has fast become a staple for newshounds. In April 2013, eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), a satellite channel within the DStv bouquet, launched a multi-media news website. Eyewitness News (ewn.co.za), which began as a shared newsgathering sub- AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER SOUTH AFRICA 2013 31