The Rand Daily Mail
Front page of the Rand Daily Mail | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Times Media Group |
| Publisher | Clive Kinsley |
| Editor | Ray Hartley |
| Staff writers | 15 |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Political alignment | Liberal |
| Ceased publication | 1985 |
| Relaunched | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg |
| Website | www |
The Rand Daily Mail was a South African newspaper published from 1902 until it was controversially closed in 1985 after adopting an outspoken anti-apartheid stance in the midst of a massive clampdown on activists by the security forces. The title was based in Johannesburg as a daily newspaper and best known for breaking the news about the apartheid state's Muldergate Scandal in 1979. It also exposed the truth about the death in custody of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, in 1977.
The Rand Daily Mail was resurrected as a website by Times Media Group, who hold rights to the original title, in October 2014.