2011-12
Daily news & magazine / Quantity / Frequency / Quantity per annum
Business Day / 29 / 260 / 4550
Beeld / 6 / 260 / 1750
Sat Beeld / 2 / 52 / 80
Star / 35 / 260 / 8750
Sat Star / 2 / 52 / 80
Daily Sun / 14 / 52 / 2800
Mail & Guardian / 52 / 52 / 2624
The Times / 20 / 260 / 5775
Pretoria News / 32 / 260 / 8050
Sat Pretoria News / 2 / 52 / 126
Citizen / 14 / 260 / 3640
Sat Citizen / 1 / 52 / 52
Sunday Times / 59 / 52 / 3068
Sunday World / 5 / 52 / 260
Sunday Independent / 26 / 52 / 1352
Sunday Sun / 9 / 52 / 468
Rapport / 4 / 52 / 208
The New Age / 29 / 260 / 7540
City Press / 50 / 52 / 2600
Sowetan / 50 / 260 / 13000
CapeArgus / 5 / 260 / 1300
SundayCape Argus / 10 / 42 / 420
Financial Mail / 8 / 52 / 416
Financial Times / 1 / 30 / 30
Economist / 1 / 84 / 84
Finweek / 2 / 84 / 168
Newsweek / 1 / 9 / 9
Nose Week / 1 / 9 / 9
Time Magazine / 1 / 9 / 9
Leadership / 1 / 9 / 9
Management Today / 1 / 12 / 12
Daily News / 1 / 260 / 260
Diamond Fields Advertiser / 2 / 260 / 520
Daily Dispatch / 1 / 260 / 260
Natal Witness / 1 / 260 / 260
CapeTimes / 6 / 260 / 1560
2012-13
Daily news & magazine / Quantity / Frequency / Quantity per annum
Business Day / 29 / 260 / 4550
Beeld / 6 / 260 / 1750
Sat Beeld / 2 / 52 / 80
Star / 35 / 260 / 8750
Sat Star / 2 / 52 / 80
Daily Sun / 14 / 52 / 2800
Mail & Guardian / 52 / 52 / 2624
The Times / 20 / 260 / 5775
Pretoria News / 32 / 260 / 8050
Sat Pretoria News / 2 / 52 / 126
Citizen / 14 / 260 / 3640
Sat Citizen / 1 / 52 / 52
Sunday Times / 59 / 52 / 3068
Sunday World / 5 / 52 / 260
Sunday Independent / 26 / 52 / 1352
Sunday Sun / 9 / 52 / 468
Rapport / 4 / 52 / 208
The New Age / 29 / 260 / 7540
City Press / 50 / 52 / 2600
Sowetan / 50 / 260 / 13000
CapeArgus / 5 / 260 / 1300
SundayCape Argus / 10 / 42 / 420
Financial Mail / 8 / 52 / 416
Financial Times / 1 / 30 / 30
Economist / 1 / 84 / 84
Finweek / 2 / 84 / 168
Newsweek / 1 / 9 / 9
Nose Week / 1 / 9 / 9
Time Magazine / 1 / 9 / 9
Leadership / 1 / 9 / 9
Management Today / 1 / 12 / 12
Daily News / 1 / 260 / 260
Diamond Fields Advertiser / 2 / 260 / 520
Daily Dispatch / 1 / 260 / 260
Natal Witness / 1 / 260 / 260
CapeTimes / 6 / 260 / 1560
Days count : 241 weekdays, 41/42 weeks and 175 days
2013-14
Daily news & magazine / Quantity / Frequency / Quantity per annum
Business Day / 26 / 175 / 4550
Beeld / 10 / 175 / 1750
Sat Beeld / 2 / 40 / 80
Star / 50 / 175 / 8750
Sat Star / 2 / 40 / 80
Daily Sun / 16 / 175 / 2800
Mail & Guardian / 64 / 41 / 2624
The Times / 33 / 175 / 5775
Pretoria News / 46 / 175 / 8050
Sat Pretoria News / 3 / 42 / 126
Citizen / 15 / 175 / 2625
Sat Citizen / 1 / 42 / 42
Sunday Times / 50 / 42 / 2100
Sunday World / 7 / 42 / 294
Sunday Independent / 18 / 42 / 756
Sunday Sun / 4 / 42 / 168
Rapport / 3 / 42 / 126
The New Age / 16 / 175 / 2800
City Press / 39 / 42 / 1638
Sowetan / 58 / 175 / 10150
CapeArgus / 10 / 175 / 1750
SundayCape Argus / 5 / 42 / 210
Financial Mail / 8 / 41 / 328
Financial Times / 1 / 30 / 30
Economist / 2 / 84 / 168
Finweek / 2 / 84 / 168
Newsweek / 1 / 9 / 9
Nose Week / 1 / 9 / 9
Time Magazine / 1 / 9 / 9
Leadership / 1 / 9 / 9
Days count : 241 weekdays, 48/49 weeks and 11 months

According to the Electoral Commission

(a)(ii)The Electoral Commission’s monthly costs per financial year were as follows:

(aaa) 2011-2012:R18,788.80

(bbb) 2012-2013:R20,103.48

(ccc) 2013-2014:R20,529.70

(bb) 2014-2015: R 18,766.71

(b)(i-ii)Number of copies ordered of each newspaper on each day of the week

2011-2012
Mondays to Fridays
Name of the New Paper / Number of Copies
1 / Beeld / 7
2 / Business Day / 13
3 / CapeArgus / 3
4 / CapeTimes / 3
5 / Citizen / 7
6 / Daily Dispatch / 2
7 / Daily News / 1
8 / Daily Sun / 3
9 / Isoleawe / 1
10 / Mercury / 1
11 / New Age = 11 / 11
12 / Observer / 2
13 / Pretoria News / 8
14 / Review / 3
15 / Sowetan / 19
16 / The Mail Mafikeng / 1
17 / The Star / 24
18 / Volksblad / 3
Thursdays Only
19 / Lowvelder / 1
Fridays Only
20 / Mail and Guardian / 17
Thursdays and Fridays Only
21 / Mpumalanga News / 1
Mondays Only
22 / City Press / 3
23 / Rapport / 2
24 / Sunday Independent / 4
25 / Sunday Times / 4
26 / Sunday Tribune / 1
27 / Sunday World / 3
2012-2013
Mondays to Fridays
1 / Beeld / 7
2 / Business Day / 13
3 / CapeArgus / 3
4 / CapeTimes / 3
5 / Citizen / 7
6 / Daily Dispatch / 2
7 / Daily News / 1
8 / Daily Sun / 3
9 / Isolezwe / 1
10 / Mercury / 1
11 / New Age / 11
12 / Observer / 2
13 / Pretoria News / 8
14 / Review / 3
15 / Sowetan / 19
16 / The Mail Mafikeng / 1
17 / The Star / 24
18 / Volksblad / 3
Thursdays Only
19 / Lowvelder / 1
Fridays Only
20 / Mail and Guardian / 17
Thursdays and Fridays Only
21 / Mpumalanga News / 1
Mondays Only
22 / City Press / 3
23 / Rapport / 2
24 / Sunday Independent / 4
25 / Sunday Times / 4
26 / Sunday Tribune / 1
27 / Sunday World / 3
2013-2014
Mondays to Fridays
1 / Beeld / 7
2 / Business Day / 13
3 / CapeArgus / 3
4 / CapeTimes / 3
5 / Citizen / 7
6 / Daily Dispatch / 2
7 / Daily News / 1
8 / Daily Sun / 3
9 / Isolezwe / 1
10 / Mercury / 1
11 / New Age / 11
12 / Observer / 2
13 / Pretoria News / 8
14 / Review / 3
15 / Sowetan / 19
16 / The Mail Mafikeng / 1
17 / The Star / 24
18 / Volksblad / 3
Thursdays Only
19 / Lowvelder / 1
Fridays Only
20 / Mail and Guardian / 17
Thursdays and Fridays Only
21 / Mpumalanga News / 1
Mondays Only
22 / City Press / 3
23 / Rapport / 2
24 / Sunday Independent / 4
25 / Sunday Times / 4
26 / Sunday Tribune / 1
27 / Sunday World / 3
2014-2015
Mondays to Fridays
1 / Beeld / 7
2 / Business Day / 14
3 / CapeArgus / 3
4 / CapeTimes / 3
5 / Citizen / 7
6 / Daily Dispatch / 2
7 / Daily News / 1
8 / Daily Sun / 3
9 / Isolezwe / 1
10 / Mercury / 1
11 / New Age / 10
12 / Observer / 2
13 / Pretoria News / 9
14 / Review / 3
15 / Sowetan / 17
16 / The Mail Mafikeng / 1
17 / The Star / 24
18 / Volksblad / 3
Thursdays Only
Lowvelder / 1
Fridays Only
19 / Mail and Guardian / 16
Thursdays and Fridays Only
20 / Mpumalanga News / 1
Mondays Only
21 / City Press / 3
22 / Rapport / 2
23 / Sunday Independent / 4
24 / Sunday Times / 4
25 / Sunday Tribune / 1
26 / Sunday World / 2