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Roma Nna Media House

Roma Nna is a community publication based in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The publication is produced in English,!Xhu,Khwe, Setswana, and isiXhosa and it is available in print and online (www.romanna.net ). With the help of the MDDA grant funding, the first edition was published in July 2020. The publication is a full colour, eight-page, multi-lingual newspaper. Five thousand copies are distributed monthly within the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, however due to the growing interest from communities and lack of print publications within the Francis Baard District Municipality, there is an intention to increase the amount to 20 000 copies.

Francis Baard has a population of 438,904, or 32.4% of the total population in the Northern Cape province. Printing and distributing 20 000 copies will not cover even 10% of the readers. The project has designed a website to increase its reach. Roma Nna is a unique and reliable newspaper with a township flair. The content covers a wide variety of subjects including religious news, current affairs, events, tributes, lifestyle, and anything educational, informative, and of interest to the community. In order for Roma Nna to grow into a viable business, it is imperative to print weekly. The media house has created employment and also given much-needed experience to students through their internship programme. The emergence of Roma Nna strengthened the relationship with the indigenous!Xhu, Khwe community from Platfontein by translating some articles into their language. This also empowered at least two (2) people, to write stories from their community. Thus far, Roma Nna is the 3rd publication circulating within the district and the city centre. The two (2) other publications, Diamond Field Advertisers (DFA) and Noord Kaap Bulletin are distributed to affluent readers.

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