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It’s the little paper with a big heart that visits your home every week delivering local news that affects you and connects you with local advertisers to help you make the best possible, pocket-friendly shopping choices. At Berea Mail, we’re all about you, our readers.
We love to share in your successes and achievements, raise your concerns and social issues that threaten our neighbourhoods with local authorities and make you aware of the villains and dangers that infiltrate our communities.
Over the years we’ve followed your children from that first day at big school through 12 years of prize-givings and academic achievements.
We’ve been on the sidelines at rugby matches, swimming galas, athletic meets and in the audience at stage productions, musicals and debating contests.
We’ve built relationships with civic leaders, church leaders, business leaders, student leaders, artists, musicians, authors and a host of charities whom we gladly support, and through our print pages and our online platforms we have introduced them all to you.
As a team, we have met some of the most amazing individuals that make up the Berea community.
We’ve shared heart-warming and uplifting stories, we’ve shed tears in times of tragedy and we’ve joined hands in times of prayer.
We’ve marched together united against violence, partied together at music festivals on the beach and in the gardens, we’ve shared countless breakfasts, dinners and cocktails at various events, been part of the same audience at the theatre and when called upon, have rallied support when needed.
We do all this not because it is our job, but because you are our people and the Berea is our home from home.
We strive to present a cross-section of news and features honestly, without bias and fact-checked because we want to be your number one, reliable and most trusted news source.

115 Escom Road, New Germany, Pinetown

Distribution: 27 300 - every Thursday

031 716 4444

Editorial

Corrinne Louw Editor

Kathleen Bosman
Sub Editor

Noreen Perryman
Commercial & Motoring Editor

Khurshid Guffar
Digital Co-ordinator

Wendy Sithole
Journalist

Readership

27 300 copies distributed weekly. The Berea Mail is audited every 6 months by the Audit Bureau of Circulation and issued with a verified free distribution certificate

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One of Caxton Local Media’s most awarded newsrooms, breaking the biggest stories from a local and balanced perspective.

Sales

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Giles Thomas
Sales Manager

Natasha Karamchund
Sales Assistant Manager

Neil Jonker
Sales Consultant

Pam Govender
Sales Consultant

AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS

Age

Under 30 37%
31-40 20%
41-50 14%
Over 50 29%

read it regularly - 3 or 4 copies out of every 4

of readers those who read the local paper in last 1 week have read on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday before the weekend shop

Classifieds Sales

Maria Lurie
Sales

Arlene Wheatley
Sales

Yudeshini Puckree
Sales

of people in Berea area eat out at least once a month

of the community are employed

have pets

of people use internet connection at home

of the community have children

of people have one or more cars

of people installed an Inverter / Generator / Solar power in the last 12 months

of people have done home renovations in the last 12 months

of people entertain at home

Own phones

Basic cellphone 35%
SMART Cellphone 63%
No cellphone 2%

Admin

Nicole Vosser
Business Manager

Calvin Govindsamy
Bookkeeper

Alesha Govender
HR

Natasha Samuel
Admin

Martie Jansen Van Rensburg
Admin

Tashnee Pillay
Admin

Jennifer Hills
Booking Clerk

Zama Luthuli
Reception

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Debtors

Adele Wroots
Debtors Supervisor

Dorcas Zondi
Debtors

Nondu Mbatha
Debtors

Layout and Design

Quintus Nienaber
Production Editor

Jesslyn Samuel
Layout

Siyabonga Ndlovu
Layout

Leonie da Silva
Production Manager

Jerushah Joseph
Ad Designer

Sharon Trollip
Ad Designer

Belinda Naidoo
Ad Designer

Distribution

Dhinesh Harilal
Head of Distribution

Tyla Wheatley
Distribution Admin

Berea | Carrington Heights | Essenwood | Glenmore | Glenwood | Morningside | Musgrave | Overport | Stamford Hill Road | Umbilo | Windemere

Bulk distribution

Distribution Bulk Drops
Business Name Street Number Street
Umbilo Library – Queensmead Mall 95 Teignmouth Road
Glenwood Village Spar 383 Che Guevara Road
Glenside Self-Service 52 Cromwell Road
Davenport Shopping Centre 89 Helen Joseph Road
Berea Centre – Stand 249 King Dinuzulu Road
PnP – Berea Road 249 King Dinuzulu Road
Food Lovers Market – Bulwer 337 King Dinuzulu Road
Kwik Spar – Bulwer 519 King Dinuzulu Road
King Cash Loans 54 Park Street
Avondale Spar 277 Avondale Road
Overport City Checkers 430 Peter Mokaba Ridge
City View 430 Peter Mokaba Ridge
Market City Shop 9 Haig Avenue
Value Dog Foods 646 Umbilo Road
Weiss Volkswagen Durban 70 Mathews Meyiwa Road
Builders Trade Depot n/a Killarney Terrace
Food Lovers Market – Musgrave 93 Currie Road
Musgrave Centre 115 Musgrave Road
PnP – Musgrave Centre 115 Musgrave Road
Sparkport Pharmacy – Sydenham 183 Musgrave Road
FNB Building 151 Musgrave Road
Hirsch – Springfield 5 Royal Palm Avenue
Hirsch Head office 1211 Umgeni Road
Sparkport Pharmacy – Overport 382 Randles Road
Umbilo Drapers – Queensmead Mall 95 Teignmouth Road
Pit Stop Car Wash 7 Sydney Road
Model Kwikspar – Westridge 153 King Cetshwayo Highway
Caltex Star Mart 60 Florida Road
Durban Youth Radio (105.1fm) 233 Florida Road
Holdens Spar 279 Florida Road
Life Entabeni Hospital 148 Mazisi Kunene Road
Windermere Centre Library 50 Claribel Road
Musgrave Library(200) 383 Che Guevara Road
St.Augustine’s Hospital 140 J B Marks Road
McCord Hospital 28 Mccord Road
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