Allgemeine Zeitung (Namibia)

The Allgemeine Zeitung is a newspaper published in Windhoek. It is the oldest daily newspaper in Namibia and the only German -language daily newspaper in Africa.

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The Allgemeine Zeitung deliberately conceived as Namibian newspaper. It is framed around ten editors; the employees are native and naturalized Namibians in the majority. The paper is oriented liberal- conservative.

With a circulation of about 5,000 copies ( Monday to Thursday, 12 to 16 pages) to about 6,000 copies (Fridays, up to 32 pages ) (March 2013), the AZ in almost all German households Namibia ( about 20,000 people ) read. Several hundred newspapers also go to South Africa - especially the larger Friday edition - to ex- Namibians and friends in Germany. Up to and including March 2013, the newspaper (first Thursday of the month ) appeared once a month with a travel and tourism supplement Tourism Namibia, with a circulation of about 10,000 copies. Since April 2013, the tourism supplement appears on every first Tuesday of the month in three languages ​​and in collaboration with its sister newspaper The Republikein and Namibian Sun with a circulation of 50,000 copies.

In 1991, the newspaper of Democratic Media Holdings ( DMH ) was bought. Editor in chief since 2004, Stefan Fischer, who was a senior editor at Cottbus Märkischen messengers to 2002. He modernized the distribution and presentation of the newspaper whose circulation thus considerably increased. Since 2004, thereby gains were achieved, resulting three-quarters of advertising revenues. In addition to the Allgemeine Zeitung, but also reveals Afrikaans sister newspaper The Republikein and the Namibian Sun are printed at the DMH own printing Newsprint Namibia.

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History

The Allgemeine Zeitung was founded on July 22, 1916 under the name The Kriegsbote and informed about events in the First World War. As the colony of German South West Africa came under the administration of South Africa after Germany's defeat, it was renamed on 1 July 1919 the present name.

In 1937 the newspaper from publishing John Meinert Ltd. was. laid. The daily published except Sunday newspaper had a circulation of about 1,800 pieces. Read was the newspaper of Germans in Windhoek and the surrounding area. The subtitle of the newspaper it was then called, the newspaper stands in favor of the interests of Germanism one. Beginning in 1939, the Journal led temporarily the title German observers.

As more media the people sheet created then as a by- editions of the newspaper The farmer, owned by the Workers Union of South Africa, in 1933, founded Karakulzüchter and the home as the German Protestant community newsletter for Africa. In 1978, Diether Lauenstein owner of the newspaper before she came to DMH 1991.

Since 14 January 2013, the Allgemeine Zeitung appears in a completely revised appearance. The slogan was by Oldest Daily Newspaper Namibia - changed messages on good German in News, The middle Drin, for you.

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