The Cape Post (1879–1880) was a newspaper that briefly operated in the Cape Colony .
19-532: It was founded in December 1879 by former Cape Argus editor Patrick McLoughlin , as an outlet for his radical liberal opposition to British imperialism . Officially, the paper's purpose was to encourage spontaneous unity in southern Africa, to counter the Colonial office's scheme to impose a system of British-ruled confederation on the region. While McLoughlin served as business manager, he co-edited it with
38-600: A post at Primedia in the Western Cape. The Cape Argus was founded on 3 January 1857, by the partners Saul Solomon , journalist Richard William Murray ("Limner") and the MP Bryan Henry Darnell. However, political differences immediately surfaced among the partners. Saul Solomon was a radical supporter of multi-racial democracy, women's rights and the local " responsible government " movement; while his two partners were virulently pro-imperialist. As
57-674: The Cape Argus was the first locally to use the telegraph for news gathering. As of 2012, the Argus had a daily readership of 294000, according to the South African Advertising Research Foundation's All Media Products Survey (Amps) Newspaper Readership and Trends. Its circulation for the first quarter of 2013 was 33247. Jermaine Craig is the executive editor of the Cape Argus . He replaced Gasant Abarder, who resigned in early 2013 to take up
76-598: The Responsible Government movement grew in the Cape, the reactionary and pro-British views of Murray and Darnell became increasingly unpopular and alienated the Cape Argus readership. Saul Solomon, as MP for Cape Town, had also become the most powerful figure in the new Cape Parliament . Eventually, in 1859–62, Murray and Darnell sold their remaining shares and departed for the Transvaal. Saul Solomon, now
95-575: The acknowledgement of the nonexistence of race as a scientific fact. Robert Mugabe professed a belief in non-racialism in the early 1960s, but later rejected the concept and harshly criticized Nelson Mandela for his embrace of the ideology. Non-racialism is a stated core policy of the African National Congress ; however, the adoption of multiracialist policy in the Freedom Charter instead of Afrocentric non-racialism
114-462: The controversial firebrand Francis Reginald Statham who had been invited to Cape Town especially for this purpose. Both men also did much of the writing. The offices were based in Cape Town . Although the paper received strong support from powerful local leaders like Saul Solomon , John Molteno , Charles Fairbridge and John X. Merriman , it was under strong imperial pressure, and went against
133-507: The daily running of the Argus . In 1880, he retired completely, after the tragic drowning of his 5-year-old daughter, which caused a collapse in his health. When his sons then mismanaged the business, Solomon took back the beleaguered company and sold it to his editor Dormer, in 1881 (though Solomon continued the actual printing work for him). Dormer then formed the Argus Printing and Publishing Company from it in 1886, when he acquired
152-558: The dominant National Party during the Apartheid years. In August 2013, Sekunjalo purchased Independent News and Media SA from Independent News and Media . Not long after, editor Chris Whitfield took early retirement, a decision blamed on editorial interference by the new ownership. Non-racialism Non-racialism , aracialism or antiracialism is a South African ideology rejecting racism and " racialism " while affirming liberal democratic ideals. Non-racialism became
171-513: The locally elected Cape government, McLoughlin angered the British authorities with his anti-imperialist views. Francis Joseph Dormer took over as editor in 1878. At the same time, a change in the political direction of the Cape began to cause significant problems for the Argus . A British intervention in the Cape led to a new and dubiously-appointed government, under a puppet Prime Minister, Gordon Sprigg . The racist and expansionist policies of
190-462: The new government (and incidents such as the Koegas atrocities ) came under severe criticism from the Argus . In retaliation for the criticism, Sprigg's government cancelled all printing contracts with the Argus , awarding them instead to political allies from Grahamstown (who charged several times the price, and consistently failed to deliver the work). In later life, Solomon gradually withdrew from
209-446: The new publication came under sustained attack - legal and public. Controversy arose quickly during the notorious " Koegas affair " (1879–80). This concerned the murder of San people (Bushmen) by farmers, near the northern frontier. In the subsequent murder trial, the farmers were acquitted, and the resulting outrage focused on Attorney General Thomas Upington . The Cape Argus and Cape Post accused Upington of deliberately allowing
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#1732790197418228-539: The official government printing contractor. It was responsible for the Government Gazette , but also took on the parliamentary and stationery contracts. This was principally because it was the only printing company at the time which had the resources and management to reliably fulfill these contracts. It expanded considerably to 200 employees, 8 manual presses and 10 steam-powered presses by 1878. The Argus editor (from 1864 until 1872) Sir Thomas Ekins Fuller
247-528: The official state policy of South Africa after April 1994, and it is enshrined in Chapter One of the Constitution of South Africa . The term has been criticized as vague, and carrying different meanings even among people sharing the same ideological tradition. The earliest use of the term was by Karl Polanyi in the 1930s. Neville Alexander follows Robert Sobukwe in defining non-racialism as
266-489: The prevailing mood in much of the Cape Colony . At the time, the inclusive Molteno Government had just been overthrown, and British control (in the form of a proposed "Confederation") was being solidified across southern Africa. Resulting wars were flaring up from the Transvaal (1st Boer War) and Transkei (9th Frontier War) to Zululand ( Anglo-Zulu War ). Public opinion had become strongly militant since these events, and
285-490: The remainder of Solomon's printing works and began printing himself. Edmund Powell (who had been sub-editor since Dormer took over in 1878) became editor in 1889 and remained so until 1907. In December 1969, the paper was renamed The Argus , however the change was unpopular and the name was reverted to The Cape Argus . True to its roots in Saul Solomon's liberalism, the paper was a prominent voice of opposition against
304-428: The sole owner of the Cape Argus from 1863, through Saul Solomon & Co. , threw the newspaper entirely behind responsible government and support for non-racialism . He was immensely influential in building and shaping the company, which quickly became the leading newspaper of the Cape, overtaking the " Commercial Advertiser " of John Fairbairn . During this time, the Argus and Solomon's printing works served as
323-459: The trial to take place in a racist and hostile town that would be expected to acquit the murderers, due to prejudice and local influence. The culmination of the outrage was a public campaign, led by the Cape Post editors among others, accusing Upington and his colleagues of allowing white juries to acquit white murderers from murdering blacks. The paper quickly ran into financial difficulties and
342-564: Was forced to close in 1880. Its two editors dispersed; Statham leaving the country, and McLoughlin moving to Oudtschoorn in the Karoo where he shot himself soon afterwards. Cape Argus The Cape Argus is a daily newspaper co-founded in 1857 by Saul Solomon and published by Sekunjalo in Cape Town , South Africa . It is commonly referred to as The Argus . Although not the first English-language newspaper in South Africa,
361-483: Was replaced by Professor Roderick Noble (1872-1875) from Inverness - English & Science Professor of the South African College and previously the editor of the declining Commercial Advertiser . Professor Noble, who was also the co-editor of the well-known Cape Monthly Magazine , died suddenly in 1875, and Solomon replaced him with the radical liberal Irishman Patrick McLoughlin . While popular with
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