The ''False Bay Echo'' is a local newspaper in the

False Bay False Bay ( Afrikaans ''Valsbaai'') is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme south-west of South Africa. The mouth of the bay faces south and is dema ...

region of

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that has been in circulation since 1953.

History and profile

The paper was started in 1953 under the title ''Fish Hoek Echo''. In 1986 the paper was renamed as ''False Bay Echo''. It serves the coastal suburbs along the Western edge of False Bay, including Muizenberg, St. James, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek, and Simon's Town. It is part of the Independent Newspapers group, which controls many of South Africa's daily newspapers.

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1953 establishments in South Africa Mass media in Cape Town Newspapers established in 1953 Weekly newspapers published in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-newspaper-stub