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''Finweek'' was a South African weekly business magazine published in both English- and
Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...
-language editions. It was one of the country's largest circulating business titles. Competitors included fellow weekly ''
Financial Mail ''Financial Mail'' (or the ''FM'', as it is also known) is a South African business publication focused on reaching the country's leading business people. This weekly publication, which was launched in 1959, underwent a major "look and feel" ch ...
''. ''Finweek'' was launched in September 2005, following the merger of ''Finance Week'' and ''Finansies & Tegniek'', both established titles in their respective English- and Afrikaans-speaking markets. In the same month, the magazine merged with the financial website Finance24 to create Fin24.co.za, the country's most accessed financial portal. ''Finweeks content focused on business and investment issues, with a leaning towards investigative stories and columns. The primary audience was business executives and investors. The magazine was owned by
Media24 Media24 is a South Africa, South African mass media company with interests in digital media and services, newspapers, magazines, ecommerce, publishing, television, logistics, and distribution. Established in 2000, and owned by Naspers, the com ...
Magazines, which is in turn owned by diversified media group
Naspers Naspers Limited (until 1998 Die Nasionale Pers) is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town. The company has interests in online retail, publishing, real estate, and ventu ...
(JSE: NPN, NASDAQ: NPSN).


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Finweek website

Fin24.co.za
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