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]
Content
The content published in The Star focuses on leading daily national, local and international national news and analysis. Its leader and opinion page offers a platform for thought leaders to contribute their opinions on topical news.
Products
The Star houses the Business Report newspaper (a widely-read financial
newspaper in South Africa), as well as a carrier for the following supplements:
Presentation: Narianan Nelandri "16 June: 40 Years On"
Young Journalist of the Year: Nokuthula Mbatha "Deep in the Devil's Drug"
National Arts Festival/BASA Arts Journalism Awards 2016
News: Silver Winners Wendyl Martin shared with its sister publication Weekend Argus
Notable stories
The Bang-Bang Club
The Star newspaper employed three members of the
Bang-Bang Club. It employed
Kevin Carter as a staff photographer in 1984.
Ken Oosterbroek worked for the paper before being appointed its chief photographer in August 1991.
João Silva was hired shortly afterwards.
History
The Star newspaper appeared for the first time in
Johannesburg as The Eastern Star. It was founded in
Grahamstown under that title on 6 January 1871 (as a resurrection of the previous Great Eastern paper), and was moved to the
Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the name Eastern Star was changed to the one currently in use.[4]