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South Africa's first newspaper, it was founded on 16 August, 1800 by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John Robertson, under the title [[The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser]], with articles in English and Afrikaans. The title was changed briefly in 1803 to [[Kaapsche Courant]], but the English title was restored in 1806, with the ''addition'' of the Dutch title.
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South Africa's first newspaper, it was founded on 16 August, 1800 by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John Robertson, under the title [[The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser]], with articles in English and Afrikaans. The title was changed briefly in 1803 to [[Kaapsche Courant]] as the Dutch had just taken the Colony from the British in 1802. When the British reoccupied the Colony in 1806, the English title was restored, but with the ''addition'' of the Dutch title, and this usage was continued till 1826.  
  
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The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser was the first newspaper to be published in Africa. It was started by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John Robertson. In its early stages, the newspaper was simply used by the government as a mouth-piece. It was only in 1829, after the owners had been involved in a very a long struggle with the government, and the Colony granted freedom of the press, that the newspaper became free from government censorship. This led to a significant growth in the newspaper industry as more newspapers emerged.
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http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/cape-town-gazette-and-african-advertiser-bilingual-newspaper-and-first-publish-news-and-
  
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The newspaper was published in both English and Dutch, Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser (Cape Town, South Africa) 1806–26.  
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http://www.crl.edu/focus/article/6694
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Slave dealers Alexander Walker and John Robertson started the Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, South Africa’s first newspaper, in 1800. With articles in English and Afrikaans, the title was changed briefly in 1803 to Kaapsche Courant but the English title was restored in 1806.
 
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and changed its name to the bilingual [[The Cape Town gazette and African advertiser = Kaapsche Stads courant en Afrikaansche berigterin]] 1803. This could have been influenced by the change in the political scene in the colony at the time. The Dutch had just taken the Colony from the British in 1802. The British reoccupied the Colony in 1806.  
 
  
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The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser is regarded as the paper that paved the way for the newspapers that Africa boasts today.
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•Wallis, F., 2000. Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar. Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau; Swart: Afrikaanse Kultuuralmanak
 
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• Simon J., (2010.) “World Newspaper Archive – African Newspapers” from Focus On Global Resources, Vol. 29, Num. 4. Available at www.crl.edu/focus/article/6694 [Accessed 12 July 2011]
 

Revision as of 07:06, 16 January 2014

South Africa's first newspaper, it was founded on 16 August, 1800 by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John Robertson, under the title The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, with articles in English and Afrikaans. The title was changed briefly in 1803 to Kaapsche Courant as the Dutch had just taken the Colony from the British in 1802. When the British reoccupied the Colony in 1806, the English title was restored, but with the addition of the Dutch title, and this usage was continued till 1826.

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http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/cape-town-gazette-and-african-advertiser-bilingual-newspaper-and-first-publish-news-and-

http://www.crl.edu/focus/article/6694

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