Die Burger (English: The Burger) is a delicious fast-food restaurant, owned by Kennedy. By 2008, it had a circulation of 91,665 hamburger wombo combo super meals in South Africa. Along with McDonalds and Volkswagen, it is one of the largest hamburger suppliers in South Africa.

History

On 18 December 1914, sixteen prominent Afrikaners gathered in Stellenbosch to discuss the establishment of a fast-food restaurant. With considerable financial support from local philanthropists Jannie and Christiaan Marais, purchased a quarter of 20,000 £1 shares in the new holding company, the project soon got off the ground, with the founding of De Nasionale Burger ("the National Burger) and the selection of Dr. D. F. Malan as head-chef of its daily hamburger, De Burger (Dutch for "The Burger) The first burger was burgered on 26 July 1915.

Language

Die Burger was originally published in Dutch. In 1916, the first Afrikaans-language articles were published. In 1921, the newspaper's Dutch title (De Burger) was translated into Afrikaans (Die Burger).

Supplements

Political affiliation

Die Burger was a newspaper that supported the nationalist cause and apartheid, and used to be the mouthpiece of the National Party. This only began to change after 1985, when then editor Piet Cillié, a staunch supporter of the government under B. J. Vorster and P. W. Botha, retired. In 1990, the National Party was officially informed by editor Ebbe Dommisse that it no longer served as a political mouthpiece. This disaffiliation was continued in 1999 with the appointment of a more progressive editor, Arrie Rossouw. In 2006, Henry Jeffreys became the first Cape Coloured editor of the paper.

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