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Republikein Newspaper Namibia

epaperadmin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:44:16 +0000

Republikein Newspaper Namibia (The Republican) is an Afrikaans-language newspaper published daily in Namibia and the largest newspaper in terms of print circulation. Editor in Chief is Chris Jacobie.

It was founded in December 1977 by the Republican Party of Namibia with the first editor being Johannes Petrus Spies.The paper was later supported by the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), a merger of several parties. In 1991, Die Republikein was bought by the Democratic Media Holdings (DMH). After several disputes between DTA and DMH during the 1990s, the media house broke with the DTA in 1997 and aspires to increase editorial independence since.

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Die Burger Newspaper South Africa

epaperadmin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:50:54 +0000

Die Burger Newspaper South Africa is a daily Afrikaans language newspaper, published by Naspers. By 2008, it had a circulation of 91,665 in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Along with Beeld and Volksblad, it is one of three broadsheet dailies in the Media24 stable.

On December 18, 1914, sixteen prominent Afrikaners gathered in Stellenbosch to discuss the establishment of a national newspaper. With considerable financial support from local philanthropists Jannie and Christiaan Marais, the project soon got off the ground with the founding of de Nasionale Pers (“the National Press”) and the selection of Dr. D.F. Malan as editor of its daily paper, Die Burger (“The Citizen”). The first issue was published on July 26, 1915.

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Volksblad Newspaper South Africa

epaperadmin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:25:18 +0000

Volksblad Newspaper South Africa is an Afrikaans language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces, where it is the largest Afrikaans daily. It is South Africa’s oldest Afrikaans newspaper.The paper is owned by Media24.

The history of the Volksblad can be traced to 18 November 1904 when the Dutch printer Hendrik de Graaf founded the Dutch weekly magazine, Het Westen, in Potchefstroom.The paper devoted itself to the interests and development of the Afrikaner people of the former independent Orange Free State and Transvaal Republics in the aftermath of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The name of this overtly nationalist paper was changed to Het Volksblad in March 1915 and its headquarters were moved to Bloemfontein the following year. In 1917 it underwent a further name adjustment to Die Volksblad, henceforth publishing in Afrikaans rather than Dutch.

In 1925 Die Volksblad became a daily newspaper.

Within the Northern Cape the Volksblad distributes a free weekly supplement called Noordkaap. Since the 1990s the paper has actively courted a larger readership beyond its traditional white Afrikaner following, as is suggested by its new slogan, in three languages: “Saam kan ons – Together we can – Hammoho re ka kgona” (Afrikaans, English and Sesotho).

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Beeld Newspaper South Africa

epaperadmin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:39:09 +0000

Beeld Newspaper South Africa is an Afrikaans language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. Beeld is distributed in five provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and KwaZulu-Natal. Die Beeld (English: The Image) was an Afrikaans language Sunday newspaper in the late 1960s. It is the largest Afrikaans language newspaper in South Africa, with a circulation of more than 100,000. Its slogan is Jou wêreld, Jou koerant (English: Your world, your newspaper), and is owned by Naspers.

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