[2] The newspaper was founded by Dirk Mudge in December 1977 under the name Die Republikein.

It served as a mouthpiece of the Republican Party of Namibia (RP) at that time.

In 1991, Republikein was bought by the Democratic Media Holdings (DMH).

[1] The Republikein offers an online edition of the newspaper, which mainly reflected the contents of the print version, but is complemented with additional contents such as video material.

[5] In August 2011, Republikein Online had around 65,000 unique page visits.