Hannes Smith

Johannes Martin "Hannes" Smith (17 March 1933 – 5 August 2008), affectionately known as Smithie, was a Namibian journalist, editor and publisher.[1] 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. He remained the owner and editor of the Observer until his death.[2]

  1. ^ Hopwood, Graham. "Smith, Johannes Martin (Hannes)". Namibia Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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