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The Volksblad (English: People's Journal) was an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces, where it was the largest Afrikaans daily. It was South Africa's oldest Afrikaans newspaper until it closed in 2020. The paper was owned by Media24. It is now available on Netwerk24.

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Instance of
newspaper
Owned by
Media24
Official website
www.volksblad.com
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title
Volksblad
inception
1904-01-01
publication interval
1
social media followers
213336
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The Volksblad (English: People's Journal) was an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces, where it was the largest Afrikaans daily. It was South Africa's oldest Afrikaans newspaper until it closed in 2020. The paper was owned by Media24. It is now available on Netwerk24.

==History==

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