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The following newspapers are available on microfilm in the Audio-visual Collection on level 4 of the Main Library:

Argus (Cape)
Beeld
Burger
Cape Times
Natal Mercury
New Nation
Pretoria News
Star

Contact number : +27 12 429-3209

International Newspapers

Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2009
The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of one of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspapers. Every item printed in the paper, from 1888-2009, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (F IS) Daily Reports
The United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence since 1941.
Historic Australian Newspapers
The Australian Newspapers service of the National Library of Australia allows access to historic Australian newspapers digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided
The Guardian (1821-2003) and Observer (1791-2003) Archives
These historical newspapers provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Times Digital Archive
First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
Coverage from 1785-2007
World Newspaper Archive: Africa 1800-1922
This collection provides access to more than 40 fully searchable African newspapers published between 1800 and 1922 featuring titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Languages include English, German, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sotho, and others.

National Geographic Virtual Library, 1888 - present This link opens in a new window
As journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery, National Geographic Virtual Library(NGVL) supports a range of scholarly research needs in the areas of science, history, technology, the environment, cultures, and more.

South African Newspapers

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
A searchable selection of South African newspapers published by the Independent Group.
Access World News: Global - local, regional and national SA newspapers This link opens in a new window
Complete full-text content of local, regional, and national South African newspapers. It covers community events, education, sports, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
SA Media (News Clippings) This link opens in a new window
SA Media is a comprehensive press cutting service offering you access to a database consisting of more than 3 million South African newspaper reports and periodical articles which have been indexed online from 1978 to 2013.

How to use Access South Africa
Access South Africa allows you to track issues, find information on people and events, and look for articles that contain a certain keyword or phrase. Learn how to search and locate different types of news content, including videos, transcripts, and online-only content. Published Nov 2014