CULTURETECHLENSSowetan
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Combined Graph record U-01481 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-O-0035. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Sowetan is an English-language South African daily newspaper published by Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group) in Johannesburg; it started in 1981 as a liberation struggle publication, and its website SowetanLIVE carries the print edition's content plus online-only coverage (per SowetanLIVE's own About text, reproduced in the RocketReach company profile).
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The Sowetan is an English-language South African daily newspaper published by Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group) in Johannesburg; it started in 1981 as a liberation struggle publication, and its website SowetanLIVE carries the print edition's content plus online-only coverage (per SowetanLIVE's own About text, reproduced in the RocketReach company profile).
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- City: Johannesburg
- Outlet type: newspaper
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- https://rocketreach.co/sowetan-live-profile_b42dd8a1fe4d6799 (verification source · master store)
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The Sowetan is an English-language South African daily newspaper published by Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group) in Johannesburg; it started in 1981 as a liberation struggle publication, and its website SowetanLIVE carries the print edition's content plus online-only coverage (per SowetanLIVE's own About text, reproduced in the RocketReach company profile).
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