Sunday Standard
Sunday Standard is an independent Botswana weekly newspaper and news website known for investigative reporting on politics and business. It covers news, business, sport and lifestyle in English.
Sunday Standard at a glance
- Country
- Botswana
- Region
- Southern Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- sundaystandard.info ↗
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How Crosswire groups Sunday Standard
Crosswire groups Sunday Standard as Centrist for comparisons within Botswana's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where Sunday Standard sits in Botswana's press
Sunday Standard is one of 5 outlets tracked in Botswana, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Mmegi, The Botswana Gazette and Botswana Daily News. By outlets tracked, Botswana ranks tenth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Sunday Standard outside Botswana, starting with Southern Africa, are Jornal de Angola (Angola), Eswatini Observer (Eswatini), Lesotho Times (Lesotho) and The Nation (Malawi). Opening one of them beside Sunday Standard is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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