Several newspapers, magazines and printing facilities have their offices in the city. Independent News and Media publishes the major English language papers in the city, the Cape Argus and the Cape Times. Naspers, the largest media conglomerate in South Africa, publishes Die Burger, the major Afrikaans language paper.

Cape Town has many local community newspapers. Some of the largest community newspapers in English are the Athlone News from Athlone, the Atlantic Sun, the Constantiaberg Bulletin from Constantiaberg, the City Vision from Bellville, the False Bay Echo from False Bay, the Helderberg Sun from Helderberg, the Plainsman from Michells Plain, the Sentinel News from Hout Bay, the Southern Mail from the Southern Peninsula, the Southern Suburbs Tatler from the Southern Suburbs, Table Talk from Table View and Tygertalk from Tygervalley/Durbanville. Afrikaans language community newspapers include the Landbou-Burger and the Tygerburger. Vukani, based in the Cape Flats, is published in Xhosa.

Cape Town is a centre for broadcast media and has several radio stations that only broadcast within the city. 94.5 Kfm (94.5 MHz FM) and Good Hope FM (94–97 MHz FM) mostly play pop music. Heart FM (104.9 MHz FM), the former P4 Radio, plays Jazz and R&B, while Fine Music Radio (101.3 FM) plays classical music and jazz. Bush Radio is a community radio station (89.5 MHz FM). The Voice of the Cape (95.8 MHz FM) and Cape Talk (567 kHz MW) are the major talk radio stations in the city. The University of Cape Town also runs its own radio station, UCT Radio (104.5 MHz FM).

The SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) has a small presence in the city, with satellite studios located at Sea Point. e.tv has a greater presence, with a large complex located at Longkloof Studios in Gardens. M-Net is not well represented with infrastructure within the city. Numerous productions companies and their support industries are located in the city, mostly supporting the production of overseas commercials, model shoots, TV-series and movies. The local media infrastructure remains primarily in Johannesburg.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town

South Africa also has a very advanced cellular phone system. The major service providers are Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Virgin Mobile. Prepaid and “Pay As You Go” SIM cards are readily available at outlets across Cape Town and also at Cape Town International Airport. These networks operate on the GSM system (Vodacom, MTN, Cell C). Your foreign phone might be compatible with our cellular networks. Please check with your local service provider. Otherwise, mobile phones can be hired from many establishments, especially at the airports.

The national dialling code for Cape Town is 021 …
The international dialling code for South Africa is 00 27 …

Public call boxes are situated all over the Cape Town area, accepting both coins and phone cards. The blue phones work on coins, whilst the green phones work on local Telkom phone cards, which you can purchase in various denominations from many shops and Post Offices.

A number of Internet cafes will ensure that you can conveniently send and receive e-mail messages