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Rapport
Type	Weekly newspaper (Sunday)
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Naspers
Publisher	Media24
Editor	Inge Kühne
Founded	1970
Language	Afrikaans
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Circulation	175,552
Website	www.netwerk24.com/rapport

Rapport is an Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper (released on Sundays) in South Africa and published by Media24. Its head office is in Johannesburg.^[1] It is the second largest Sunday newspaper in South Africa after the Sunday Times.^[2] Inge Kühne has been the editor since 2021. In 2024 it was decided that the print edition will close due to declining sales. The last print edition was published on Sunday 22 December 2024, and it is now available online only.

History

Rapport was established in 1970 (Jordaan 2014). The precursor was Die Beeld, an Afrikaans Sunday newspaper established in the 1960s. Die Beeld later merged with Dagbreek to become Rapport.^[3]^: 292 The Beeld brand was re-established in 1974 with the founding of the daily newspaper, Beeld (Fourie 2007).

In June 2024, Moneyweb reported the newspaper would cease print in October.^[4] Media24 declined to comment.^[5] A month later Media24 announced it will suspend the planned closure until the Competition Commission approves of its plan to sell newspaper distribution company On-The-Dot to Novus, which was the reason behind the paper's planned shuttering.^[6]

Distribution areas

Distribution^[7]
	2008	2013	2018
Eastern Cape	Y	Y	Y
Free State	Y	Y	Y
Gauteng	Y	Y	Y
Kwa-Zulu Natal	Y	Y	Y
Limpopo	Y	Y	Y
Mpumalanga	Y	Y	Y
North West	Y	Y	Y
Northern Cape	Y	Y	Y
Western Cape	Y	Y	Y

Distribution figures

Circulation^[8]
	Net Sales
October - December 2012	213 460
July - September 2012	220 494
April - June 2012	220 485
January - March 2012	223 593
October - December 2013	187 288
July - September 2013	183 187
April - June 2013	192 328
January - March 2013	210 675
April - June 2014	175 552
January - March 2014	177 016

Readership figures

Estimated Readership^[9]^[10]
	AIR
January – December 2012	1 286 000
January - December 2013	1 338 000

References

^ "Bepalings en Voorwaardes." (Archive) Rapport. 31 June 2009. Retrieved on 26 March 2013. "Straatadres: 69 Kingsway Avenue, Aucklandpark, 2092;"
^ Is Waldimar Pelser Afrikaans media’s last roll of the dice? Mail & Guardian. 19 April 2013
^ Joyce, Peter (1989). The South African family encyclopaedia. Internet Archive. Cape Town : Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86977-887-6.
^ Maggs, Jeremy (13 June 2024). "End of an era: Media24 to close iconic newspapers". Moneyweb. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ Cronje, Jan (13 June 2024). "Media24 'continuously reviews operations', won't comment on report about newspaper closures". News24. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Media 24 agrees to suspend newspaper closures". The Witness. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "Rapport Website". Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
^ SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
^ SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)

Bibliography

Jordaan, Marenet (2014). "Poke me, I'm a journalist: The impact of Facebook and Twitter on newsroom routines and cultures at two South African weeklies". In Paterson, Chris (ed.). Journalism and Social Media in Africa: Studies in Innovation and Transformation. Routledge. ISBN 9780415745260.
Fourie, Pieter Jacobus, ed. (2001). "The press". Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues. Routledge. ISBN 9780702156557.