Die Burger is a daily Afrikaans language newspaper, published by Naspers. As of 2005, it had a circulation of about 97,717 in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
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History
On December 18, 1914, sixteen prominent Afrikaners gathered in Stellenbosch to discuss the establishment of a national newspaper. With considerable financial support from local philanthropists Jannie and Christiaan Marais, the project soon got off the ground with the founding of de Nasionale Pers ("the National Press") and the selection of Dr. D.F. Malan as editor of its daily paper, de Burger ("the Citizen"). The first issue was published on July 26, 1915.
Language
De Burger was originally published in Dutch. In 1916, the first Afrikaans-language articles were published. In 1921, the newspaper's Dutch title (de Burger) was translated into Afrikaans (die Burger).
Political Affiliation
Die Burger was a newspaper which supported the nationalist cause and apartheid, and used to be the mouthpiece of the National Party of South Africa.
