Drum (South African magazine)

*DRUM*
Categories	Family magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Founded	1951
Final issue	16 July 2020 (print)
Company	Media24
Country	South Africa
Based in	Johannesburg
Language	English
Website	drum.co.za

DRUM is a South African online family magazine mainly aimed at black readers, containing market news, entertainment and feature articles. It has two sister magazines: Huisgenoot (aimed at White and Coloured Afrikaans-speaking readers) and YOU (aimed at demographically diverse South African English-speaking readers of different ethnicities to inform, inspire and entertain them by offering its own brand of coverage on current events and interesting people).

In 2005 Drum was described as "the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa",^[1] but it is noted chiefly for its early 1950s and 1960s reportage of township life under apartheid. From July 2020 the magazine became an online magazine.^[2]

^ Sura Wood (4 November 2005). "Drum Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}(subscription required)
^ "Media24 announces magazine and newspaper closures – more jobs affected". BusinessTech. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[1] Sura Wood (4 November 2005). "Drum Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}(subscription required)

[btech-2] "Media24 announces magazine and newspaper closures – more jobs affected". BusinessTech. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

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