Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger

Date: 20 May 1991
Updated: 24 Apr 2025

Huisgenoot is a weekly Afrikaans-language general interest magazine. The name Huisgenoot is Afrikaans for House Companion. The magazine was founded in 1916 as the de huisgenoot, then a monthly magazine. One of the reasons the magazine was founded was to financially support the Afrikaans newspaper, Die Burger. It appeared just ten months after Die Burger. Today, the magazine is simply known as Huisgenoot and has been converted into a weekly magazine. It has the highest circulation figures of any South African magazine. It has also acquired two sister magazines, YOU, its English version, and Drum, which is targeted at the black market.

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01Neville, G., (2012), 'YOU and Huisgenoot star in makeover video' from The Media Online, 1 February, Available at: https://themediaonline.co.za [Accessed on 14 May 2012]
02Media 24 family magazines,'Huisgenoot' [online] Available at https://familymagazines.media24.com [Accessed on 14 may 2012]https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2025-04-14-blanks-in-the-history-of-afrikaans-say-much-more-than-what-has-been-written/ [Accessed 24/04/2025]

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South African History Online. (2012, May 17). Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083381

South African History Online (2012) 'Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger', South African History Online, 17 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083381 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083381, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger." South African History Online, 17 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083381. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger." South African History Online. May 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083381.