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Founded on 1 April, 1971, through the malagamation of two older companies based in the Transvaal – [[Voortrekkerpers]] and the [[Afrikaanse Pers Beperk]] (APB). | Founded on 1 April, 1971, through the malagamation of two older companies based in the Transvaal – [[Voortrekkerpers]] and the [[Afrikaanse Pers Beperk]] (APB). | ||
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| + | Their publishing arm became particularly pominent in the early years with the appointment of the enbterrpising and unconventional author/playwright [[Bartho Smit]] as literary publisher. | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 12 March 2024
Perskor (Die Perskorporasie van Suid-Afrika, i.e. “the press corporation of South Africa”) was a South African press group (1971-)
Founded on 1 April, 1971, through the malagamation of two older companies based in the Transvaal – Voortrekkerpers and the Afrikaanse Pers Beperk (APB).
Newpapers
The wholly owned Perskor Afrikaans newspapers after their founding were: ‘’Hoofstad, (1968 tot 1983), Oggendblad (1971- 1983), Die Transvaler (1937 -1983), Die Vaderland (1936 -198*) They also became co-founders (with Nasionale Pers) and 50% stakeholders in, Rapport (1970-), the dominent Afrikaans Sunday newspaper, and of The Citizen (1976-, an English newspaper secretly funded by the Nationalist Party, to counter the re[ortage of the English press in the apartheid era) and of the Xhosa]] newspaper, and Imvo Zabantsundu (1884-1998)
Journals and magazines
became the owners of the Perskor was lank, voordat Naspers die leier in dié mark geword het, Suid-Afrika se grootste tydskrifuitgewer. Van die tydskrifte wat Perskor deur die Republikeinse Pers, met sy hoofkantoor in Durban, beheer het, was onder meer Farmers' Weekly, Personality, Scope, South African Garden and Home, Darling, Family Radio and TV, Rooi Rose, Your Family, Bona, Living and Loving, Radio en TV Dagboek en Keur. .
Book publishing
The company was a prominent publishers of literary and other works, as well as educational materials.
Their publishing arm became particularly pominent in the early years with the appointment of the enbterrpising and unconventional author/playwright Bartho Smit as literary publisher.
The end
In 1996 the market educational and press market had become fraught with trouble so Perskor amalgamated with Kagiso publishers and on 1998 was wholly taken over the Caxton Publishers.
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perskor https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100319745
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