Femina (South Africa)
Femina was a women's magazine that was published in South Africa from 1982 to 2010.[1][2][3] It was marketed toward older women, and for a time it was one of the leading special-interest magazines in South Africa.[1][4] In the late 2000s the magazine was affected by the Great Recession, but they were also struggling to compete in the market—partially owing to the proliferation of localised editions of international magazines.[1][4] It ceased publication in March 2010 due to a decrease in both sales and advertising revenue.[4] The April 2010 issue was the final one.[1]
%252C_cover_of_the_December_2000_issue.jpg.webp) US model/actor Cindy Crawford on the cover of the December 2000 issue | |
| Categories | Women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Circulation | 37,289[1] |
| Publisher |
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| First issue | 1982 |
| Final issue | 17 March 2010 |
| Company | Media24 |
| Country | South Africa |
| Based in | Cape Town |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0256-0313 |
| OCLC | 610994080 |
Femina was originally published by Republican Press in Durban. Associated Magazines in Cape Town acquired Femina in the late 1980s, and published their first issue in April 1988. The magazine was later published by Raphaely Kuhnel Publishing (also of Cape Town), which sold it in 2006 to Media24 (part of the media conglomerate Naspers).[1][2][3] At the time of Femina's closure, Media24 was the predominant publisher of consumer magazines in South Africa.[4][5] Its other women's magazines included Fair Lady, Sarie, and True Love.[5]
As of 1992, editor-in-chief Jane Raphaely was also chief editor of the South African edition of Cosmopolitan.[6] Features editor and columnist Laura Twiggs also presented a weekly chat show on the arts for Fine Music Radio in Cape Town.[7]
References
- "Farewell to Femina". SA People News. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- "Femina". WorldCat. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- Turok, Karina (2006). Life and Soul: Portraits of Women Who Move South Africa. Double Storey Books. p. I. ISBN 978-1-77013-043-2. OCLC 749963384.
In 1986 Associated Magazines was founded to publish Femina, House and Leisure, Baby and Me, Brides and Homes, and Marie Claire.
- Jeffreys, Andrew, ed. (2012). The Report: South Africa 2012. Oxford Business Group. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-907065-57-6. OCLC 926275997.
- "Women's magazine Femina now in Media24 stable". Mail & Guardian. M&G Media. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- Russell, Diana (1997) [1996]. "US Pornography Invades South Africa". In Bell, Diane; Klein, Renate (eds.). Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed. Spinifex Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-1-875559-38-1. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- Balseiro, Isabel; Masilela, Ntongela, eds. (2003). "Contributors". To Change Reels: Film and Culture in South Africa. Wayne State University Press. p. xii. OCLC 237796366.