Political Communication in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Glenn, Ian; Mattes, Robert

Political Communication in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Working Paper

2011

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR)

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Abstract

Any politically interested foreigner visiting South Africa from the developed world would see and hear much in the country‟s mass communications infrastructure that would appear familiar. Much of this is due to the country‟s colonial legacy, which shaped both the country‟s media and political models. The oldest newspaper, for example, the Cape Times, as well as the state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) overtly modeled themselves, (the latter following input from Lord Reith, head of the BBC), on British originals. In the post-apartheid era, the tabloid The Daily Sun pays tribute, in name if not in substance, to the UK‟s leading tabloid.

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