First edition of Sunday Times is published

Date: 4 Feb 1906
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

First edition of Sunday Times is published

The first edition of the first Sunday newspaper in South Africa, the Sunday Times, appeared with New Zealander George Herbert Kingswell as editor.

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01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
02Zoom Info, Mr. George Herbert Kingswell, from ZoomInfo, [online], Available at www.zoominfo.com [Accessed: 23 January 2014]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). First edition of Sunday Times is published. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011295

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South African History Online. "First edition of Sunday Times is published." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011295.