Cape Times/About

The Cape Times (historically the Cape Times-Gazette or Cape Times Weekly Gazette and Journal) is a newspaper from Cape Cross. This paper is widely read in the town and the surrounding region and has a daily readership of about 20,000. An issue of the Cape Times costs 1.5€, and 2€ on weekends. A yearly subscription costs 75€.

History
The Cape Times Weekly Gazette and Journal was founded in 1780 by Benjamin Eden and his sons, Henry and Edward. This was a weekly publication, originally published on Mondays but by the end of the year was published on Fridays. The system continued until 1824 when it became a bi-weekly paper, published on Thursdays and Mondays. In 1847 it was made a daily paper and was rebranded as the Cape Times-Gazette. In 1921 the "gazette" was removed from its name.

Ownership of the Cape Times remained with the Eden family from its founding until 1866. The paper was then sold to Mr. Lewis Phillips. Sold in the 1970s control of the paper returned to the Phillips family in 2002, though in 2009 they sold a 20% share to President Gert Henneman.