South Africa, Sept. 25 -- DM168 is the newspaper you read to know what happened this week. Its editors carefully select the week's stories that count in one place, with the context to make sense of them. Read it every week, and you're properly informed.

That kind of curation carries more weight in the weeks ahead. South Africans vote in local government elections on 4 November, and the decisions made at the ballot box will shape the services people live with every day: water, electricity, roads, housing. Voters will be making those choices while rumour and disinformation compete hard for their attention, which is why a weekly read they can trust is essential right now.

The move ties into the purpose of World News Day, when more than 1,0...