On 18 December 1914, sixteen prominent Afrikaners gathered in Stellenbosch to discuss the establishment of a national newspaper.[1]: 290 With considerable financial support from local philanthropists Jannie and Christiaan Marais, purchased a quarter of 20,000 £1 shares in the new holding company, 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, De Burger (Dutch for "The Citizen").[1]: 290 The first issue was published on 26 July 1915.
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Die Burger is published at the Media24 Centre on Cape Town's ForeshoreLibrary stack of Die Burger, 2012.
Die Burger was originally published in Dutch. In 1916, the first Afrikaans-language articles were published. In 1921, the newspaper's Dutch title (De Burger) was translated into Afrikaans (Die Burger).
Die Burger was a newspaper that supported the nationalist cause and apartheid, and used to be the mouthpiece of the National Party. This only began to change after 1985, when then editor Piet Cillié, a staunch supporter of the government under B. J. Vorster and P. W. Botha, retired. In 1990, the National Party was officially informed by editor Ebbe Dommisse that it no longer served as a political mouthpiece. This disaffiliation was continued in 1999 with the appointment of a more progressive editor, Arrie Rossouw. In 2006, Henry Jeffreys became the first Cape Coloured editor of the paper.
^ abPretorius, Fransjohan (2014). A History of South Africa: From the Distant Past to the Present Day. Hatsfield, Pretoria: Protea Book House. ISBN978-1-86919-908-1.
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burger, english, citizen, daily, afrikaans, language, newspaper, published, naspers, 2008, circulation, western, eastern, cape, provinces, south, africa, along, with, beeld, volksblad, three, broadsheet, dailies, media24, stable, typedaily, newspaperformatbroa. Die Burger English The Citizen 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 Die BurgerTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s NaspersPublisherNaspersEditorWillem JordaanFounded1915LanguageAfrikaansHeadquartersCape TownCirculation27 757 Q2 2022 Websitehttp www dieburger com Contents 1 History 2 Language 3 Supplements 4 Political affiliation 5 List of editors 6 Distribution areas 7 Distribution figures 8 Readership figures 9 See also 10 Sources 11 References 12 External linksHistory editOn 18 December 1914 sixteen prominent Afrikaners gathered in Stellenbosch to discuss the establishment of a national newspaper 1 290 With considerable financial support from local philanthropists Jannie and Christiaan Marais purchased a quarter of 20 000 1 shares in the new holding company 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 De Burger Dutch for The Citizen 1 290 The first issue was published on 26 July 1915 Language edit nbsp Die Burger is published at the Media24 Centre on Cape Town s Foreshore nbsp Library stack of Die Burger 2012 Die Burger was originally published in Dutch In 1916 the first Afrikaans language articles were published In 1921 the newspaper s Dutch title De Burger was translated into Afrikaans Die Burger Supplements editSake24 Mon Fri 2 Buite Tues 2 Jip Mon 2 Leefstyl Wed 2 Motors Thur 2 Vrydag Fri 2 Landbou Fri 2 Political affiliation editDie Burger was a newspaper that supported the nationalist cause and apartheid and used to be the mouthpiece of the National Party This only began to change after 1985 when then editor Piet Cillie a staunch supporter of the government under B J Vorster and P W Botha retired In 1990 the National Party was officially informed by editor Ebbe Dommisse that it no longer served as a political mouthpiece This disaffiliation was continued in 1999 with the appointment of a more progressive editor Arrie Rossouw In 2006 Henry Jeffreys became the first Cape Coloured editor of the paper List of editors editD F Malan 1915 24 Albertus Geyer 1924 45 Phil Weber 1945 54 Piet Cillie 1954 77 Wiets Beukes 1977 90 Ebbe Dommisse 1990 2000 Arrie Rossouw 2000 06 Henry Jeffreys 2006 10 Bun Booyens 2010 2016 Willem Jordaan 2016 Distribution areas editDistribution 2 2008 2013 Eastern Cape Y Y Free State Gauteng Kwa Zulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Y Y Western Cape Y YDistribution figures editCirculation 3 Net Sales Jan Mar 2015 56 146 4 Jan Mar 2014 59 895 4 Oct Dec 2012 61 484 Jul Sep 2012 61 817 Apr Jun 2012 60 354 Jan Mar 2012 61 980Readership figures editEstimated Readership 5 6 AIR January December 2012 497 000 July 2011 June 2012 471 000See also editList of newspapers in South Africa Hans Beukes Gideon JoubertSources editNieman Reports at Harvard University Die Burger 2000 8 05 Die Burger 2005 7 26References edit a b Pretorius Fransjohan 2014 A History of South Africa From the Distant Past to the Present Day Hatsfield Pretoria Protea Book House ISBN 978 1 86919 908 1 a b c d e f g h Die Burger Website Archived from the original on 13 June 2013 Retrieved 13 June 2013 Audit Bureau of Circulations S A a b ABC Analysis Q1 2015 The biggest circulating newspapers in South Africa 8 May 2015 SAARF AMPS Previous Presentations SAARF AMPS Industry Presentations External links editDie Burger Website Archived 15 September 2000 at the Wayback Machine Newspapers in Port Elizabeth SAARF Website nbsp nbsp This South African newspaper related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Die Burger amp oldid 1190021416, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
