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Cape Town emerged with the most positive media coverage in a selection of leading South African media. Although the analysed media did not include Cape newspapers, Cape Town emerged third after Johannesburg and Pretoria in volume, but came out a clear winner in terms of positive coverage received. In fact, only the Mother City and Bloemfontein (with considerable less coverage) managed to draw more positive than negative coverage in the analysed set of media. Johannesburg?s image in the mostly Gauteng media was not as negative compared to previous years ? an aspect also underlined when the decline in crime related coverage is considered. The capital of the Western Province not only excelled in the ranking of cities, but the province in terms of provincial coverage, did as well. This is particularly impressive considering that the provincial papers did not form part of the analysed sample. Second to Gauteng in volume the Western Province emerged the only province with more positive than negative coverage and was able to narrowly beat KwaZulu Natal, which followed in third place, in volume. The Northern Cape received virtually no coverage in the analysed media.