About Roodepoort Record
The official establishment of the Roodepoort Record in 1978 was, in effect, the start of what ultimately became the West Rand branch of Caxton Community Newspapers.
The Roodepoort Record had the distinction of being the first generic Caxton newspaper under new proprietors Messrs Terry Moolman and Noel Coburn to appoint a full time editor (Cliff Buchler) resident in the area. It operated with a staff of two (the editor and space salesperson, Marilyn Norton) from the Afmed offices in Albertskroon (to the north west of Johannesburg) and was published twice monthly.
The Record’s phenomenal growth coincided with that of the three municipalities (Maraisburg, Florida an Roodepoort) that represented the Roodepoort area. So much so that Roodepoort was declared a city and the Record became a weekly newspaper (after one year). A classified section was established as soon as this happened.
It soon became evident that the Record had to operate from the region it represented and the editor was instructed to find “reasonably priced offices” in Roodepoort. He found a suite of five offices in a building belonging to Volkskas for the princely sum of R144 per month. Extra editorial and sales staff were taken on. During this time at least three newspaper groups tried to get a foothold in the area but, because of the Record’s strength and dedication, they soon vanished from other scene. During the second year of the Record’s existence, Messrs Moolman and Coburn spread their wings by purchasing the Randfontein Herald and Krugersdorp News. Once these fledglings became true Caxton papers, the West Rand branch proper was established at Witpoortjie. The opening was done by the then Minister of Finance, Barend du Plessis (MP for Florida). Krugersdorp and Randfontein took on bureau status.
Cnr Generaal Pienaar
and Ham street
Witpoortjie
Roodepoort
Tel: 011 955 1130
Classifieds
Tel: 087-285-0575
Email: classadwest@caxton.co.za
The Team
Classifieds
Editorial
Advertising
Production
Distribution
Teamwork plays a very important role for this fierce editorial team, and respecting boundaries, building relationships and giving through a clear message of community, has been the forefront for this young team. Every week, avid readers can expect a newspaper consisting of local government news, social pages, charitable awareness, school happenings and sport stars gracing the back page. Within the paper there is also a comprehensive property guide, as well as Auto Dealer. Contact us with your news suggestions on 011 955 1130 or email roodepoortrecord@caxton.co.za or northside@caxton.co.za
Interesting facts about our readers in the greater Roodepoort area:
- 55% of our readers are English and 17% are Afrikaans
- The dominant age group of our readers are between 35 and 49 years old
- Our average issue readership is 207 360
- Average monthly household income for the greater Roodepoort area is R26,788 per month
- Combined monthly income for households in the greater Roodepoort area is R3,3 billion
- 208 330 purchase decision makers read inserts in our two Roodepoort newspapers
- 195 780 purchase decision makers use advertising in our two Roodepoort newspapers to make shopping decisions
- Our Roodepoort newspapers reach 122 000 households and 251 000 shoppers weekly
- Our website attracts an average of 160 492 unique visitors and 523 199 page views a month
*Statistics obtained from Roots Survey 2019
Distribution
Areas
- Bergbron
- Carenvale
- Constantia Kloof
- Creswell Park
- Delarey
- Discovery
- Florida CBD/Lake/Park/Hills/North/View/Glen
- Floracliffe
- Georgina
- Grobler Park
- Hamberg
- Helderkruin
- Honey Hill
- Horison/Park/View
- Kloofendal
- Lindhaven
- Maraisburg
- Ontdekkers Park
- Paarderand
- Princess
- Rand Leases
- Roodekrans
- Reefhaven
- Roodepoort CBD / North / West
- Selwyn
- Unified
- Westgate
- Witpoortjie
- Whiteridge
- Wilro Park
- Quellerina
- Bulk Drops: Fleurhof
Total distribution: 51 800 – Delivered on Fridays