Windhoek Observer

The Windhoek Observer is published in Namibia independent weekly newspaper.

Written English Linguistically, they will be Saturdays published. Out obtainable publisher until 2009 The Windhoek Observer ( Pty) Ltd.. The newspaper was founded in 1978 by the late 2008 journalists Hannes Smith, who the newspaper a unconventional critical of the government, editorial provocative and controversial as influential stamp, approximately in the style of a tabloid newspaper, pushed open.

The slogan of the newspaper was originally "the paper for the people" ( The newspaper for the people ), but was in the early 2000s in "Setting the Nations Agenda" ( means something like setting the agenda of the country) changed.

In February 2009 it was announced that the Paragon Investment Holdings would take over the newspaper. These were established in 2003 as a private stakeholder society that retail companies, trademarks, real estate and with the Windhoek Observer now includes a news medium.

The change in ownership also led to the transfer of an extensive newspaper and photo archive collection together with southwest African ( colonial ) and Namibian laws. In addition, a nearly complete archive went with almost eight decades, the issues of the defunct newspaper Windhoek Advertiser, its editor until April 1978 also Hannes Smith was before he created the Windhoek Observer, over to the new owner.