| Dink vir jouself (English: "Think for yourself") | |
 A screenshot of the Vrye Weekblad (English edition) website from 20 March 2024. | |
| Founder(s) | Max du Preez Jacques Pauw |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Arena Holdings |
| Editor | Max du Preez Anneliese Burgess |
| Founded | November 1988 |
| Political alignment | Apartheid era (1988-1994): Anti-establishment Anti-apartheid Online era (2019-present): Independent |
| Language | Afrikaans & English |
| Ceased publication | May 28, 1993 |
| Relaunched | April 6, 2019 |
| Headquarters | Cape Town |
| Country | South Africa |
| Website | www |
Vrye Weekblad is a progressive Afrikaans national weekly newspaper that was launched in November 1988 and forced to close in 28 May 1994,[1] then relaunched as an online newspaper in 2019.[2] The paper was noted for its anti-apartheid stance making it a notable outlier in the Afrikaans language media of the 1980s and early 1990s.[3][4] The paper was initially driven into bankruptcy by the legal costs of defending its charge that South African Police General Lothar Neethling had supplied poison to security police to kill activists.[5]
It was relaunched in a digital format on 6 April 2019 by Arena Holdings, with Max du Preez returning as editor and Anneliese Burgess as co-editor.[6] A new edition is published every Friday on the Vrye Weekblad website.
- ^ Faure, Corrie (4 December 2007). "Vrye Weekblad (1988–1993): profiel van 'n alternatiewe Afrikaanse koerant". Communicatio. 19 (2): 22–31. doi:10.1080/02500169308537931. ISSN 0250-0167.
- ^ "Max du Preez's Vrye Weekblad revival: It's not nostalgia, it's an intervention!". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Wasserman, Herman (28 February 2019). "Revival of Afrikaans anti-apartheid paper is good news. But change is in order". The Conversation. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Wasserman, Herman (1 March 2019). "Vrye Weekblad's future in a new media landscape". www.news.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Sued by Gen. Lothar Neethling
- ^ "Vrye Weekblad is back and armed with a power crew". TimesLIVE. Tiso Blackstar Group. Retrieved 2 March 2019.