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South African Commercial Advertiser

South Africa's first independent newspaper, started publication on the 7th January 1824 but was not published between 5 May 1824 and 31 Aug.1825, or between 10 March 1827 and 3 Oct 1828, periods when the paper was suppressed by order of the governor at the Cape.

Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser, transcribed by Sue Mackay from copies at the National Archives, Kew, London, held in the archives of the Colonial Office under the following references: CO53/1 (1824-1829), CO53/2 (1830-1832), CO53/3 (1833-1835), CO53/4 (1836-1838), CO53/5 (1839-1840), CO53/6 (1841-43), CO53/7 (1844-1846), CO53/8 (1847-1849), CO53/9 (1850-51), CO53/10 (1852-1853), CO53/11 (1854-1855), CO53/12 (1856).

The Internet Archive has a condensed version of the first eighteen editions from January 4 to May 5 1824

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Title Author Hits
South African Commercial Advertiser 1835 - 1 - January to March Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4689
South African Commercial Advertiser 1835 - 2 - April to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4413
South African Commercial Advertiser 1835 - 3 - July to September Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 5004
South African Commercial Advertiser 1835 - 4 - October to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 5576
South African Commercial Advertiser 1836 - 1 - January to March Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 7880
South African Commercial Advertiser 1836 - 2 - April to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 7153
South African Commercial Advertiser 1836 - 3 - July to September Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 5508
South African Commercial Advertiser 1836 - 4 - October to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 5434
South African Commercial Advertiser 1837 - 1 - January to March Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 7679
South African Commercial Advertiser 1837 - 2 - April to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 5183

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  • Beeld
  • Cape and Natal News
  • Cape Frontier Times
  • Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette
  • Cape Times
    • Search aid for Cape Times extracts
  • Daily Advertiser
  • Daily News
  • Daily Representative
  • Die Burger Oos-Kaap
  • Eastern Province Herald (later The Herald)
  • Farmers Chronicle (Cathcart)
  • Fort Beaufort Advocate
  • Graaff-Reinet Herald
  • Grahamstown Journal
  • Grocott's Mail
  • Independent on Saturday
  • Kaffrarian Watchman
  • Natal Witness
  • Natal Mercury
  • Newspaper Cuttings from the Eastern Cape
  • Queenstown Free Press
  • Port Elizabeth Mercury
  • Newspaper Obituaries and Snippets
  • Oudtshoorn Courant
  • Rand Daily Mail
  • South African Commercial Advertiser
  • South Africa - a weekly journal
  • The Friend
  • The Mercury
  • The Star
  • The Sunday Tribune
  • Weekend Post