SECTOR 2

5. The Namibian Sun, with a print run of about 20,000 (published by NMH)
Weeklies:
1. Confidente (about 8000 a week published by Max Media Conglomerate)
2. Economist (about 7000 copies per week)
3. Erongo (published by NMH)
4. Informante (65,000 copies per week according to their own estimates)
5. Kundana (published by New Era Publications Corporation)
6. Namib Independent
7. Namib Times (14,000 a week) (comes out twice a week)
8. Namibia Today (published by the SWAPO Party)
9. Southern Times (published by NamZim Newspapers Pty (Ltd) - a joint venture
between the government-owned New Era Publications Corporation of
Namibia and its Zimbabwean counterpart)
10. The Villager (part of the Omalaeti Media Group)
11. Windhoek Express (an Afrikaans weekly published by NMH)
12. Windhoek Observer (between 12,000 and 15,000 a week published by
Paragon Media)
Magazines:
1. Ewi lyaNooli (11,000 per month as insert in The Namibian Sun or
separately)5
2. Insight (3000 per months)
3. Inspired
4. Municipal pillars (10,000 every month)6
5. Prime Focus (part of the Omalaeti Media Group)
6. Sister Namibia (quarterly magazine operated as a trust and run as a notfor-profit organisation with a circulation of about 8000)
Online:
1. Oshili Nashi Popiwe http://www.oshili24.com.na/
2. Lelamobile http://www.lelamobile.com/ (a downloadable news application
developed by the Omalaeti Media Group)
Broadcasting
Radio:
Radio is still the most accessible medium in Namibia and, while listenership might
have decreased in certain age groups, about 80% of the population still listens to
the radio. NBC has almost 90% coverage in the country.

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Launched in March 2015 appearing every last Friday.
Launched 2014 and local municipalities subscribe to it.

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