Newspaper Holdings
Newspaper holdings are rich and varied, including nearly-complete runs of the Cape Argus and the Cape Times from the 19th century.
The newspaper holdings in Special Collections are rich and varied, and include nearly-complete runs of Cape Town’s two major dailies, the Cape Argus (from 1857) and the Cape Times (from 1876), as well as many community newspapers in various South African languages some of them dating back to the nineteenth century. The collections include not only runs of many newspaper titles, but also press clippings bulletins, which are often focussed on a particular country or area, or a specific topic or topics.
Newspaper Holdings in Special Collections
Microfilm BZA 98/73
24 Apr 1930–23 July 1931
continues People’s World
continued by New Age
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 89/4
Microfilm BZA 86-90
1876–1880
Newspaper of the Herstigte Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika
BA 079.6805 AFR
January 1970–August 1992
(Missing 74-78)
Southern Africa Muslim newspaper
BAJ 297.05 QAL
May 1987 - December 1993
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 98/76
9 April 1932–28 Dec 1946
Cape Town daily
2009+
South African national newspaper
2010+
continues Argus
Cape Town daily
Hardcopy for last five years are kept
[available on microfilm: 1857-1994]
Cape Town
Microfilm BZA 89/6
Index BZB 89/25-7
Cape Town
November 1984–November 1995
Cape Standard
Microfilm BZA 89/8397
1936-1947
Cape Town daily
Hardcopy for last two years are kept
[available on microfilm: March 1876-2006]
(Missing/Not received: Feb-Dec 1935, 1936, 1937, Jan – June 1980, 19-31 May 1984)
Bulawayo Zimbabwe
September 1978–July 1981 (missing 1979)
South African daily
June 1990–September 1990
Botswana
BA 079.681105 BOT
Jan 1976–December 2000 (Missing 77, 83)
June 1983–1984
continues The Rhodesia Financial Gazette
Zimbabwe BA 332.05 RHO
April 1979+ (missing January–August 1999)
Cape Town community paper
BA 968.705 GRA
April 1980–1988
continues Cape Guardian
Cape Town
Microfilm BZA 89/3-5
Feb 1937–Nov 1962 (ends as New Age)
BA 079.689105 ZIM
1982+
continued by Ilanga
Durban
Microfilm BZA 81/105
10 April 1903–1935
continues Patriot
Afrikaner Eenheids Beweging 28 April 2000–16 Nov 2001
Imvo Zabantsundu
BZA 94/189
7 Nov 1889–27 Dec 1916 (missing 1904)
Inkokeli ya Bantu The bantu leader
South Africa
Nov 1940–July 1942
Microfilm BZA 99/64
Freedom
South African Communist Party
Microfilm BZA 81/8
(1–189) (1940–1950)
Inkundla ya bantu The bantu forum
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 88/1
3(27)–10(268) 1940–1950
Microfilm BZA 98/74
4 June1901–23 Dec 1902, 7 Jan 1908–16 Apr 1909
BA 079.687105 LES
1965–1988
BA 079.687105 LES
April 1986–February 1994
BA 079.68605 LES
April 1971–January 1985
Mafeking South Africa
1978 (9 issues only)
continues Weekly Mail & Guardian
South Africa
BA 079 WEE
1995+
Zambia
BA 622.05 MIN
Nov 1966-December 1967
11 issues
Lesotho
BA 079.687105 MIR
August 1988-1991
Lesotho
BA 079.687105 MOC
1986
Lesotho
BA 079.68605 MOE
Jan 23 1983–Dec 4 1983 (incomplete), no. 3299 1999+
Cape Town
BA 297.05 MUS
1980–1985 (incomplete)
Muslim Views
South Africa
BA 297.05 MUS
May 1978–December 1994
BA 968.805 NAM
August 1985+
Durban
January 1977–1980
South African national
BA 079 NEW
April 1989–November 1992
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 89/5
In hard copy oversize. Index on microfiche BZB 89/25-89/27.
Title varies:
1937–1963 – Guardian
continues – Advance
continued by – Spark
continued by – New Age
Windhoek Namibia
BA 079.68805 NEW
March 1991–June 1997
South Africa
1986–May 1994 (restarted May 1997)
continued by Impak
Conservative Party of South Africa
BA 079.6805 PAT
1982–December 1997
Cape Town
BA 079.682105 PEO
June 1985–December 1996
Progressive Party of South Africa
BA 329.96805 PRO
1967–1981
Cape region of the Progressive Party
September 1961–1977
Johannesburg
1968–1985
Republikein
Windhoek Namibia
BA 079.68805 REP
May 1979–December 1997
The Rhodesia Financial Gazette
continued by The Financial Gazette
1978–Mar 1979
Zimbabwe
BA 320.905 RIS
1980
South Africa
BA 323.405 SOU
1980–1987
South African Anglican newspaper
BA 283.6805 SEE
1963–1987
Cape Town community newspaper
BA 079 SOU
March 1987–December 1994
(also known as The Spectator and Coloured South African)
Microfilm BZA 92/220
14 Jan 1901–6 Dec 1902
South African Catholic newspaper
BA 282.6805 SOU
July 1986–June 1991
BA 079 SOW
Oct 1985+ (missing January 1994)
May 1982–May 1983
Durban BA 079.6822105 SPE
1982–April 1986
South Africa Boere-republieke
BA 968.005 STE
August 1985–December 1986
South Africa
BZA 92/221 Microfilm
26 Aug 1932–28 Sept 1956
South Africa
BA 079 IND
July 1996+ (missing July 1997)
Zimbabwe
BA 079.689105 SUN
1981-1997 (missing February–July 1986)
BA 079 SOW
1999+
Namibia
BA 079.68805 TEM
April 1992–1997
Territorial magazine Ipepandaba lesifunda
continued by Inkundla ya bantu
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 88/2
2(13)–3(25) 1939
BA 079.68805 TIM
December 1988–1991
Non-European Unity Movement
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 90/169
1946–1963
Tsala ea Batho The People’s friend
continues Tsala ea Becoana
Microfilm BZA 98/75
Oct 1912–Jul 1915
Tsala ea Becoana The friend of the Bechuana
continued by Tsala ea Batho
Microfilm BZA 98/75
June 1910–June 1912
Cape Town
BA 079.6805 UMT
1982–1990
continued by Umteli wa bantu eGoli
South Africa
Microfilm BZA 87/1
May 1920–Apr 1930
(11 Mar 1922 incomplete)
Eastern Cape (Ciskei)
1978–1990
South African army newspaper
BA 070.05 UNI
1977–June 1992
South African black ecumenical newspaper
BA 079.6805 VOI
February 1977–1982
New Republic Party South Africa
BAJ 324.268005 VOL
August 1981–1983
South Africa
BA 079 VRY
1989–June 1993
continued by Mail & Guardian South Africa
BA 079 WEE
1985-1996
Microfilm BZA 90/241
14 Jun 1985–10 May 1990
Windhoek Namibia
BA 079.68805 WIN
January 1978–1980
Windhoek Namibia
BA 079.68805 WIN
1979–August 1991
see The Herald
BA 079.689105 ZIM
1982+