南非的传媒业发展势头稳健,产业规模和活力都居非洲大陆之首英文和阿非利卡语(南非语)媒体在行业中占主流,也有一些电视台和出版社使用另外九种官方语言。南非的平面媒体基本上由独立传媒集团、媒体24小时、时代传媒集团、卡克斯顿和新非洲报业集团(Caxton and CTP Publishers)以及邮政卫报这五大传媒巨头控制。南非拥有非洲大陆最庞大的电视观众群。尽管因管理不善屡遭财政危 The media industry in South Africa has enjoyed a steady momentum of growth with both industrial size and vitality in the English and Afrikaans in Africa and the mainstream media in Africa, as well as some television stations and publishers in the other nine official languages. South Africa’s print media is largely controlled by independent media groups, the media for 24 hours, Time Media Group, Caxton and the CTP Publishers, and The Guardian. South Africa owns the largest television audience in the continent. Despite repeated financial distress due to poor management