Windhoek Observer
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The Windhoek Observer is an English
Saturday weekly newspaper, published in Namibia
by The Windhoek Observer (Pty) Ltd. Founded in 1978 by Hannes Smith
and Gwen Lister
it is the country's oldest and largest circulating weekly.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Saturday weekly newspaper, published in Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
by The Windhoek Observer (Pty) Ltd. Founded in 1978 by Hannes Smith
Hannes Smith
Johannes Martin Smith , affectionately known as Smithie, was a Namibian journalist, editor and publisher. He was first reporter at, then the editor of, the Windhoek Advertiser until 1978 when he and Gwen Lister founded the Windhoek Observer, the country's only Saturday paper at that time...
and Gwen Lister
Gwen Lister
Gwen Lister, is a Namibian journalist, publisher, apartheid opponent and press freedom activist.After receiving a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cape Town in 1975, she went to work as a journalist at Namibia's Windhoek Advertiser.In 1978 she co-founded the Namibian weekly Windhoek...
it is the country's oldest and largest circulating weekly.