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The ''Volksblad'' is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces, where it is the largest Afrikaans daily. It is South Africa's oldest Afrikaans newspaper.〔Afrikaans Wikipedia article on Volkblad〕 The paper is owned by Media24.〔(Mondo Times (Volksblad) )〕 ==History== ''VOLKSBLAD'', the oldest Afrikaans daily newspaper in South Africa, made its first appearance on 18 November 1904 in Potchefstroom in the form of ''Het Westen'', a Dutch weekly with four pages with Hendrik de Graaf as the founder owner. The paper devoted itself to the interests and development of the Afrikaner people of the former independent Orange Free State and Transvaal Republics in the aftermath of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). ''Het Westen'' changed its name to ''Het Volksblad'' on 26 March 1915, because it was no longer a regional newspaper for the then Western Transvaal, but rather a fully-fledged newspaper for the “nation” or volk. The next year its head office moves to Bloemfontein after general De Wet and other Free State rebellion leaders asked De Graaf to move his newspaper to the Free State, the heart of Afrikaner Nationalism. On 15 September 1917 the Nasionale Pers bought ''Het Volksblad'' for £16 000 and on 20 November of the same year its name was changed to ''Die Volksblad''. On 2 October 1925 ''Die Volksblad'' became a daily newspaper. It was a morning newspaper until 29 July 1933 when it became an afternoon paper for nearly six decades. By 1948 it was a strong, profitable newspaper with a wide distribution area and influence in the Free State, parts of the former Cape Province and Transvaal. In mid 1973 ''Die Volksblad'' posted its best circulation figure to date with a weekday circulation of 41 050 and a Saturday figure of 35 485. Other landmark dates are 24 February 1983 when ''Die Volksblad'' appeared for the first time in full colour, and on 4 March 1991 it became a morning newspaper. Highlights for the newspaper in the early nineties was winning the prestigious national McCall Trophy for typographical excellence two years in a row, 1993 and 1994. (''Volksblad'' also won this award in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013). On 20 April 2001 the “Die” disappeared officially from the name and the newspaper became known as ''Volksblad''. In 2004 ''Volksblad'' celebrated its centenary, with among other things, the publication of the book ''’n Lewe van sy eie – die biografie van Volksblad''. The editors through the years were the people that led the newspapers with distinction: Hendrik de Graaf (stigter-eienaar, 1904 – 1917); Paul G. Das (1904 – 1905); Adam Boshoff (1905 – 1907); B.G. Versélewel de Witt Hamer (1907 – 1909); D.P. du Toit (1909 – 1914); J. H. Malan (1914 – 1916); dr. H.G. Viljoen (1916); dr. J.F.W. Grosskopf (1917 – 1919); J.H. Malan (waarnemende redakteur, 1919 – 1921); dr. J.G. Conradie (1921), dr. Reinard G. Kottich (1921 – 1922); A.J. Werth (1922 – 1925); dr. A.J.R. van Rhijn (1925 – 1948); dr. Otto du Plessis (1948); Hubert Coetzee (1949 – 1957); Hugo Dreyer (1958 – 1970); dr. Bart Zaaiman (1970 – 1980); Hennie van Deventer (1980 – 1992); Johan de Wet (1992 – 1994); Paul Marais (1994 – 1999); Jonathan Crowther (1999 - 2009), Ainsley Moos ( 2010 - 2012), Johanna van Eeden (2012- ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volksblad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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