16 September 1974
The Johannesburg-based newspaper, Beeld, was published for the first time with Schalk Pienaar as editor. This Afrikaans daily newspaper is printed six days a week and distributed in the five provinces, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. Peet Kruger is the current editor of Beeld and the paper is owned by Media24.
References

beeld,'Beeld was published for the first time',[online],Available at www.beeld.com [Accessed: 12 September 2013]|

southafrica, Beeld, was published for the first time with Schalk Pienaar ',[online],Available at www.southafrica.info [Accessed: 12 September 2013]