Winelands Echo

Winelands Echo newspaper is a Small Commercial community newspaper that was established in 2004 as a means of giving a voice to the community. The newspaper is 100% black owned and is distributed fortnightly free of charge to the residential community and surrounding townships all over the Winelands and Boland areas of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in the Western Cape. Winelands Echo offers an equal chance to each individual within the community to respond to vacancies, tenders and other advertised opportunities. The content is 70% Afrikaans and 30% English, in response to the bulk of the Afrikaans speakers in towns such as Paarl, Wellington, Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Strand and surrounding agricultural villages. The challenges facing these communities are alcohol abuse, substance abuse, teenage pregnancies and high school dropout rate, which are covered by the newspaper. The MDDA grant covers printing of the newspaper, personnel costs, equipment and software, salaries, distribution, telecommunications and audit fees.