Vrye Weekblad
Anti-apartheid Afrikaans national weekly newspaper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vrye Weekblad is a progressive Afrikaans national weekly newspaper that was launched in November 1988 and forced to close in 28 May 1994,[1] then relaunched as a online newspaper in 2019.[2] The paper was noted for its anti-apartheid stance making it a notable outlier in the Afrikaans language media of the 1980s and early 1990s.[3][4] The paper was initially driven into bankruptcy by the legal costs of defending its charge that South African Police General Lothar Neethling had supplied poison to security police to kill activists.[5]
Founder(s) | Max du Preez Jacques Pauw |
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Publisher | Arena Holdings |
Editor | Max du Preez Anneliese Burgess |
Founded | November 1988 (1988-11) |
Language | Afrikaans & English |
Ceased publication | May 28, 1993 (1993-05-28) |
Relaunched | April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) |
Headquarters | Cape Town |
Country | South Africa |
Website | www |
It was relaunched in a digital format on 6 April 2019 by Arena Holdings, with Max du Preez returning as editor and Anneliese Burgess as co-editor.[6] A new edition is published every Friday on the Vrye Weekblad website.