Cape Argus

History

Founded in 1857 by Saul Solomon, the Cape Argus is a daily newspaper published by Independent News and Media in Cape Town, South Africa. It is commonly referred to simply as "The Argus".

Although not the first English language newspaper in Southern African the Cape Argus was the first locally to use the telegraph for news gathering.

Arts coverage and the Argus Tonight!

Its arts pages - called the Argus Tonight! since 199*, provides wide coverage of arts and theatre events.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Argus

For more information

See the website at http://www.capeargus.co.za/

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