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The Sowetan Newspaper Information

The Sowetan is an English language, South African newspaper that started in 1981 as a liberation struggle newspaper and was freely distributed to households in the black township of Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. The paper carries a left-wing editorial tone, usually strongly favourable to the ruling African National Congress, and in 2006 carried a readership of 1.6 million and a circulation of 124,000.

Dr. Nthato Motlana (1925- Nov. 30, 2008), a prominent South African businessman, physician and anti-apartheid activist, took a lead role in the formation of the New African Investments Limited, or NAIL, which purchased The Sowetan following apartheid.