Die Transvaler

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Die Transvaler
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Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) Voortrekkerpers
Publisher Voortrekkerpers
Editor Hendrik Verwoerd
Founded1937
Political alignment Afrikaner nationalism
Language Afrikaans
Ceased publication1987
Headquarters Johannesburg

Die Transvaler was a South African newspaper founded in 1937 with the aim of promoting Afrikaner nationalism and supporting the Transvaal branch of the National Party. [1] Hendrik Verwoerd was its first editor. [2]

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History

On 1 October 1937, Nasionale Pers set up the company Voortrekkerpers in the Transvaal to support the National Party in Transvaal by publishing Die Transvaler. [3] : 411  [4] Initially the Cape National Party tried to control the extremism of the National Party in the Transvaal by appointing Hendrik Verwoerd as the papers first editor but he would side with Transvaal branch and Nationale Pers gave up editorial control in 1939. [3] : 411 

Editors

Source: [4]

During World War II, Die Transvaler had triumphantly headlined every Nazi victory and constantly attacked "British Jewish liberalism." In 1943, Verwoerd sued the English-language newspaper The Star for libel after it accused him of being a Nazi propagandist. In his judgment dismissing the case, Justice Mallin stated that Verwoerd "did support Nazi propaganda; he did make his newspaper a tool of the Nazis in South Africa, and he knew it." [6]

References

  1. ↑ Fourie, Pieter Jacobus (2001). Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues. Juta and Company Ltd. ISBN   9780702156557.
  2. ↑ Anonymous (17 February 2011). "Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd". South African History Online. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Davies, Rob; O'Meara, Dan; Dlamini, Sipho (1984). The Struggle for South Africa. Vol. 2. London: Zed Books. ISBN   0862322561 – via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 10 Sle - Tun. Cape Town: Nasou. 1974. p. 615. ISBN   978-0-625-00326-6.
  5. ↑ "BIOGRAFIESE SKETSE VAN MEDIAMENSE – Mediamense" (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "SOUTH AFRICA: God's Man". Time. 15 September 1958. ISSN   0040-781X . Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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