The ''New Era'' is a daily national newspaper owned by the government of

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. The newspaper is one of four daily national newspapers in the country, the others being '' The Namibian'' (English and Oshiwambo), ''

Die Republikein ''Republikein'' () is an Afrikaans-language newspaper published daily in Namibia and the country's largest Afrikaans-language newspaper in terms of print circulation. Its editor-in-chief is Dani Booysen. History The newspaper was founded by Di ...

'' (

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) and '' Allgemeine Zeitung'' ( German). ''New Era'' was created by the ''New Era Publications Corporation Act of 1992''. According to Ullamaija Kivikuru, it copied the format of ''The Namibian'' in order to establish credibility. The two newspapers still resemble each other in having long stories spread over several pages. ''New Era'' has a usual circulation of 9,000, going up to 11,000 on Fridays.Rothe, ''Media System and News Selections in Namibia'', p. 23. It was established as a weekly newspaper and was later published only bi-weekly. It has appeared daily since 2004. ''New Era'' is published in English and five indigenous languages:

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, Oshiwambo, Damara/Nama, Silozi, and Khwedam. ''New Era'' is published by the New Era Publication Corporation, which is owned by the

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. The Minister of Information and Communication Technology has the ability to appoint and discharge members of the board of directors. Several researchers report that government ministers have acted as direct owners of the newspaper, telephoning the editorial department about articles that have criticised them.Rothe, ''Media System and News Selections in Namibia'', p. 24. Because of this, the newspaper is perceived to be SWAPO-friendly, and is "often reproached for being biased in favour of the government." However, a 2006 study by Swedish researchers found ''New Era'' to be "more critical and fierce" than ''The Namibian''. The managing editor of ''New Era'' is Festus Nakatana.

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NEW ERA websiteNEPC websiteNew Era Newspaper website
1992 establishments in Namibia Daily newspapers published in Namibia English-language newspapers published in Namibia Government of Namibia Herero language Ovambo-language mass media Publications established in 1992 Weekly newspapers published in Namibia

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