Die Landstem
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | Die Landstem (Eindoms) Beperk |
| Editor | Piet Beukes[1] |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Ceased publication | 1969 |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Headquarters | Cape Town |
Die Landstem was a weekly Afrikaans newspaper published in South Africa. It began in 1950 and ended circulation in 1969.
History
The newspaper was first published in Cape Town on 4 July 1950.[2] It published in Afrikaans and was released weekly on Wednesday mornings in Cape Town while the same issue released in Johannesburg on Thursday mornings.[2]
At its time it was largest Afrikaner language newspaper and was distributed as far as South-West Africa, Rhodesia, and Zambia.[2] It maintained a non-political stance to Afrikaner politics supporting no one political party and its political reporting was regarded as unbiased.[1][2] It increased its circulation by including the weekly magazine Naweek.[2][3] In 1955, it published a monthly women's magazine in Afrikaans called Mense.[1]
It published special features and made good use of photos and could be described as a tabloid journalism.[2] It also was responsible for assisting the Miss South Africa competition entry into to the Miss World competition.[1][2]
It's holding company was Die Landstem (Eindoms) Beperk formed on 16 March 1951.[2] In 1967, the newspaper became part of Afrikaanse Pers Beperk.[4] By 1969, the newspaper was merged into Dagbreek en Sonagnuus with the latter merging into Die Beeld in 1970 and eventually becoming Rapport.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Our First Half-Century 1910-1960. Golden Jubilee Of The Union Of South Africa. Internet Archive. Da Gama. 1 January 1960. p. 189.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa. Vol. 6. Internet Archive. Cape Town: Nasou. 1970. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library. Vol. 5. Internet Archive. South African Library. December 1950.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Narrating the crisis : hegemony and the South African press. Internet Archive. Johannesburg: :R. Lyon. 1987. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-620-10575-0.
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