Independent Media, a privately owned company based in South Africa, was founded in 1995 and operates with approximately 180 employees. It primarily engages in newspaper publishing as a multi-platform content company. Its publications include 20 of the country’s prominent newspapers and an additional 15 Cape Community newspapers. Specific titles such as The Star in Johannesburg, Cape Times and Cape Argus in Cape Town, and The Mercury in Durban are distributed in households throughout South Africa. The company also publishes the native language newspaper, I'solezwe lesiXhosa, which reaches Xhosas in the Eastern Cape. All of Independent Media's newspaper content is accessible on IOL, its digital platform. Further, the company extends its reach across South African borders to readers within Africa with its newspaper, African Independent, by adopting a digital-first, print-best culture to provide original content to its diverse audiences.
