You can’t buy trust or credibility, You earn It. For 30 years, the Herald has been telling your stories and fearlessly holding our Municipality to account, facing off against poachers, crime syndicates and fraudsters. Whether it is a riot or a natural disaster, we are there, telling it like it is, asking the difficult questions, because that is what a good local newspaper does.

When you buy the Herald or take out a subscription you are not buying a product. You are supporting a mission. A better community, protecting our biosphere and natural environment for the next generation as well as clean and transparent government.

Your R20 or subscription supports 9 local jobs (permanent and part-time). Your money is spent locally, contributing to the local economy, helping other local businesses to grow and provide an increasing number of services and products.

When your electricity is off, ours is off, when your taps run dry, ours are dry too. When your municipal account skyrockets, so does ours. We are you.

Thank you for making it possible to do the work we are passionate about. Gerard Grobler. Publisher