The Citizen, edited by Trevor Stevens, and citizen.co.za, edited by Gareth Cotterell, represent the best of what a modern media house can produce. Today’s journalists are storytellers and do so in a variety of ways on numerous platforms. We offer our readers a smooth journey and fully integrated experience across mobile, tablet, print and online. Our value propositions are tailored to fit the various interests of our readers.

Essentially we are a current affairs/news publication bringing our readers cutting edge local, international and business news, also catering to their varied needs (online and in print), extending our offering to sport, soccer, lifestyle and entertainment, travel, motoring, horseracing, and auctions. We keep abreast of changing times and readers’ needs, making sure we are fresh and relevant.

Our vision:

The Citizen/citizen.co.za is an unbiased news website and daily newspaper in terms of news, lifestyle and other special interest information that readers/advertisers feel they can’t do without.

Our mission:

Citizen.co.za and The Citizen want to keep their readers updated with news as it breaks and share relevant news, lifestyle and other useful information with them that resonate with their fields of interest.

Circulation

In a climate of declining circulations, The Citizen boasts a stable circulation and is currently the English daily newspaper with the highest circulation in Gauteng.

The Citizen: 22 432
Saturday Citizen: 8 205
Source: ABC Q1, 2024 (Jan-Mar 2024)

Citizen.co.za

Our website is consistently among the top 5 South African websites, with over 5 million unique browsers and 17 million pageviews (Source: Google Analytics – GA4)