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32: 20: 156:. A. M. van Schoor succeeded Schwellnus, and was in turn replaced by Rud. P. Visser in 1945. The magazine began to feature mainly short stories and popular reading matter, and served as a nursery for thriller writers. In September 1948 the readership topped the 100 000 mark and the magazine had obviously come of age. Nonetheless, changes in editor and format led to its eventual demise in 1965. 106:
was on literature and art of a high standard. Articles on music, sculpture and painting appeared regularly, with a large section devoted to art reproductions. It became a forum for original Afrikaans work in prose, poetry and drama, as well as hosting critiques on Afrikaans, Dutch and English
98:(The New Brandwag) was published over the period 1929 - November 1933 and was edited by Prof. M. L. du Toit and Pierneef. The place of its now defunct predecessor had largely been taken over by another magazine, 90:. From March 1920 'Die Banier', a scientific literary monthly, was issued as a supplement to 'Die Brandwag' and continued to appear for some years after 1922 when 'Die Brandwag' itself had ceased publication. 137: 246: 251: 231: 173: 149: 221: 124:. In August 1937 it became independent under Otto Schwellnus as editor. Its first members of staff included well-known literary figures such as 153: 74:. For its time it maintained a high literary standard with contributions coming from the foremost Afrikaans poets and writers. These included 216: 241: 19: 236: 226: 62:. It promoted a lively interest in the country's history through articles such as those written by Preller on the 177: 58:
The magazine played an important role in the development of Afrikaans literature in the aftermath of the
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literature, and is regarded by many as one of the best Afrikaans literary publications ever produced.
66:. Informative essays on painting and sculpture appeared, with covers designed by artists such as 51:, appearing monthly between 1910 and 1922 under the joint editorship of Dr W M R Malherbe and 133: 8: 141: 87: 75: 48: 145: 125: 59: 132:
and S. Ignatius Mocke. Among its first contributors were the household names of
79: 52: 210: 83: 71: 63: 55:. The first issue appeared on 31 May 1910 and the last in February 1922. 129: 44: 67: 31: 174:"The Development of South African magazine industry - MyFundi" 116:(1937-1965) reappeared as a weekly magazine, published by 43:
was the first illustrated family magazine published in
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Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (NASOU 1970)
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Afrikaans
Transvaal
Gustav Preller
Boer War
Voortrekkers
Pierneef
Frans Oerder
Jan Celliers
Louis Leipoldt
Totius
Jochem van Bruggen
Elisabeth Eybers
Uys Krige
C. M. van den Heever
J. R. L. van Bruggen
N. P. van Wyk Louw
I. D. du Plessis
P. J. Nienaber
Sita de Kock
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1910 establishments in South Africa
1922 disestablishments in South Africa
Afrikaans-language magazines
Defunct magazines published in South Africa
Magazines established in 1910
Magazines disestablished in 1922

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