EXPOSED: Different name, same network — the truth about Independent Media’s ‘new’ newspaper publisher
An entity called National Media Group was unveiled last week as taking over newspaper titles including the Cape Times, The Star and The Mercury. However, corporate records suggest less a new beginning than a reshuffling within the same Iqbal Survé-linked corporate network.
An entity called National Media Group (NMG) has been revealed as taking over newspaper titles including the Cape Times, The Star, and The Mercury. However, corporate records suggest that NMG is not a new beginning, but rather a reshuffling within the same Iqbal Survé-linked corporate network. NMG described itself as a "dynamic new force" in South African media, but journalists from Independent Media claim that executives insist that NMG and Independent Media are entirely separate entities.
Despite this, NMG's sole listed director, Lizaan Nel, was also the company secretary of Sagarmatha Technologies, Independent Media, and Independent Newspapers until April 2026.
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