About Southlands Sun

What you should know about Southlands Sun newspaper

For 20 years, the Southlands Sun print edition has produced newsworthy and reliable stories to its community. With its focus on the people of South Durban and surrounding areas, the Sun has managed to give a weekly dose of local content to its readers.

The paper is definitely worth the read for all residents of the southern suburbs who need to know what is going on in their community. The paper also offers a variety of retail shopping offers inside its weekly editions. The Sun is part of the Caxton local newspaper group, which has, through the years, set itself as one of the company’s foremost local titles, as it won Newspaper of the Year in 2009.

The Sun prides itself through subscribing to the Press Code of Conduct and on its strong social media ethics. Also on ensuring its readers receive well researched, objective news which is relevant to their lives. It has shown this ability through breaking major national stories ahead of their national and daily media counterparts.

The Sun’s news team is a custodian of the paper’s quality to ensure that readers can rely on a source of credible, breaking news as it unfolds. This is achieved through the www.southlandssun.co.za website.

The same vision is applied also to the paper’s site to keep readers updated. The Sun practices fair, but critical reporting when it uncovers injustices in the community and highly upholds its role as the watchdog of the community.

33 Main Road
Doonside
Amanzimtoti
DURBAN

Tel: 031 903 2341

The Team


Bianca Lalbahadur
JOURNALIST
Thobele Nzama
JOURNALIST
Nothando Mthembu
JOURNALIST
Angelique Janse van Vuuren
LAYOUT ARTIST
Roelien Vorster
MANAGING EDITOR
Vicky Du Plessis
ADVERTISING
Jabulile Msimango
CLEANER
Sthabile Mzobe
RECEPTIONIST
Patrick Gounden
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Gerda MacGregor
BOOKINGS CLERK
Shereen Maharaj
ADVERTISING MANAGER

Interesting facts about the Southlands area*

  • 66% of purchasing decision makers (PDMs) in the Bluff, Yellowwood Park and Montclair read the Southlands Sun.
  • 73% of Southlands Sun purchasing decision-makers are employed, while 21% are retired.
  • 51% of PDMs have access to cars.
  • 55% are English first language speaking, while 42% speak IsiZulu and 18% Afrikaans.
  • 84% of PDMs connect to the internet weekly or more often.
  • Average household income is R23 175.

Data sourced from Roots 2019 survey results

  

 

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Areas

  • Bluff
  • Yellowwood Park
  • Woodlands
  • Montclair
  • Wentworth
  • Treasure Beach
  • Woodhaven
Total distribution: 18 100 – Delivered on Tuesdays

 

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