Mass media in Namibia

Mass media in Namibia includes radio, television, and online and print formats.

[citation needed] However, as in other countries, there is still mentionable influence of representatives of state and economy on media in Namibia.

[2] The first newspaper in Namibia was the German-language Windhuker Anzeiger, founded 1898 by attorney George Wasserfall.

[9] During German rule, the newspapers mainly reflected the living reality and the view of the white German-speaking minority.

[2] Weekly publications are the tabloid Informanté owned by TrustCo, Windhoek Observer, Namibia Economist, as well as the regional Namib Times.

Television service in Namibia started in 1981 with rebroadcasts of programs of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

The service was at least a day late as the cassettes had to be flown in from South Africa, and it was available only in the capital Windhoek.