Hartland Nuus/News is a new name introduced in January 2017 – a new face replacing the Somerset Budget, Cradock Courant, Middelburg Courant, Pearston Advocate, Winterberg News and Fort Beaufort Advocate – combining all under one name. This publication therefore, is the continuation of a long-standing, trusted brand, Somerset Budget established since 1886. The publication changed through quite a couple of hands over the war period of 1914-1918, and in 1951 Mr PJ van der Walt bought the sole ownership and since then to this age the newspaper is run under the van der Walt’s ownership.

Hartland Nuus/News thus publishes newspapers in English and Afrikaans, which cover the whole of Eastern Cape Midlands area, making it an excellent advertising medium. We distribute
2 500 newspapers weekly on Thursdays.