Independent Online (South Africa)

Independent Online, or IOL is a news and information website based in South Africa. It was owned by the Independent News & Media organisation, which is the largest publisher of print material in South Africa but was bought out by Sekunjalo Investments in 2013 who now own the company.

Sekunjalo Independent Media owns 55% of the company, the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa owns 25%, and two Chinese State Owned Enterprises (China International Television Corporation and the China Africa Development Fund) own the remaining 20% of the newspaper.^[1]

The site serves the online versions of a number of South African newspapers, including The Star, Pretoria News, The Daily Voice, Cape Times, Cape Argus, Weekend Argus, The Mercury, Post, Isolezwe, Daily Tribune, Sunday Tribune, The Independent on Saturday and the Sunday Independent.^[2]

References

↑ Sam Sole and Craig Mckune (28 August 2014). "What's black and white and in the red all over?". Mail and Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
↑ "South of the Sahara". Stanford University. Retrieved 2009-02-23.

External links

IOL official website

Independent News & Media

Ireland	Irish Independent Sunday Independent The Herald Bray People Carlow People Drogheda Independent Enniscorthy Guardian Fingal Independent Gorey Guardian The Kerryman New Ross Standard The Argus The Corkman The Sligo Champion Wicklow People Wexford People Ireland's Own

Northern Ireland	The Belfast Telegraph Community Telegraph Sunday Life

South Africa	IOL Business Report Personal Finance Cape Times Daily News Daily Voice Isolezwe Post Pretoria News The Independent on Saturday The Mercury The Star The Sunday Independent Sunday Tribune

Other assets	APN News & Media (32.2%)

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