Republikein

{{Short description|Afrikaans-language newspaper published daily in Namibia}}

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| type = Daily Newspaper

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| publisher = Namibia Media Holdings

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| chiefeditor = Henriette Lamprecht

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| political = Liberal conservative

| language = Afrikaans

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| headquarters = Windhoek

| circulation = 18,000 copies (2007)

| sister newspapers = Allgemeine Zeitung, Namibian Sun

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| website = http://www.republikein.com.na

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Republikein ({{lit|Republican}}) is an Afrikaans-language newspaper published daily in Namibia and the country's largest Afrikaans-language newspaper in terms of print circulation. Its editor-in-chief is Henriette Lamprecht.{{Cite web |date=13 September 2010 |title=Algemeen |url=http://www.republikein.com.na/diens/algemeen.91223.php |website=Republikein Online |language=af |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913053109/http://www.republikein.com.na/diens/algemeen.91223.php |archive-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}

History

The newspaper was founded by Dirk Mudge in December 1977 under the name Die Republikein. It served as a mouthpiece of the Republican Party of Namibia (RP) at that time.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=http://nte.republikein.com.na/our-history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104164256/http://nte.republikein.com.na/our-history |archive-date=4 November 2014 |access-date=4 November 2014 |website=Namibia Media Holdings}} The first editor was Johannes Petrus Spies.{{Cite web |last=Dierks |first=Klaus |author-link=Klaus Dierks |title=Chronologie der Geschichte Namibias, 1977 |trans-title=Chronology of Namibian History, 1977 |url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Geschichte/119.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231043/http://www.klausdierks.com/Geschichte/119.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=4 November 2014 |website=klausdierks.com |language=de}} When the RP joined the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), a merger of several parties, the newspaper became the unofficial organ of the DTA. In 1991, 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.{{Cite book |last=Larsen |first=Martin Buch |title=Media Ownership and Legislation in the Republic of Namibia: 1990–2007 |date=2007 |pages=101–102}}

Online edition

The Republikein offers an online edition of the newspaper, which mainly reflected the contents of the print version, but is complemented with additional contents such as video material.{{Cite book |last=Rothe |first=Andreas |title=Media System and News Selection in Namibia |date=2010 |pages=20–22}} In August 2011, Republikein Online had around 65,000 unique page visits.{{Cite web |date=October 2011 |title=Mediadata |url=http://www.republikein.com.na/diens/mediadata.58926.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101193827/http://www.republikein.com.na/diens/mediadata.58926.php |archive-date=1 November 2011 |access-date=16 October 2011 |website=Republikein Online |language=af}}

References

External links

[http://www.republikein.com.na/index.php Official Web Site]

Category:Afrikaans-language newspapers

Category:Daily newspapers published in Namibia

Category:Newspapers established in 1977

Category:1977 establishments in South West Africa