Happy 46th anniversary to Seychelles NATION |28 June 2022
- Our history so far
Seychelles NATION celebrates its 46th anniversary tomorrow ‒ June 29‒ and on this same day Seychellois will rejoice 46 years of nationhood.
In 2022 in Seychelles, Seychelles NATION is the only daily newspaper still being printed from Monday to Saturday except Sundays and public holidays.
The history of the Seychelles NATION newspaper dates back to the 1920s. Between 1926 and 1929, the government started publishing a daily leaflet called Reuters' Telegrams and Advertisers.
In 1942, the name changed to Government Bulletin and 19 years later (in 1961) it was called Seychelles Bulletin. The newspaper kept this name until the day of independence – June 29, 1976 – when it became NATION. It was on January 4, 1984 that it became Seychelles NATION.
From four pages when it was called Seychelles Bulletin, Seychelles NATION increased to six pages in 1976. From an evening edition, Seychelles NATION changed to a morning one and the first morning issue of Seychelles NATION came out on November 19, 1979. It also became thicker with eight pages from Monday to Friday and 12 pages on Saturdays.
In 1982, the weekday issue increased to 10 pages and the weekend edition to 16 pages. In 1990, four more pages were added to the weekend newspaper to become 20 pages.
Seychelles NATION moved to its existing location on March 12, 1994 and acquired state-of-the-art technology.
Covering national, regional, sports and international news, the Seychelles NATION also has a weekend edition called Seychelles Weekend NATION and is published on Saturdays.
The first colour issue of the Seychelles Weekend NATION was printed on December 30, 1995.
With the mission of informing and correctly educating the public, the newspaper has since then continued to develop and improve on the quality and variety of information it gives its readers and has over the years become very popular.
The National Information Services Agency (Nisa) took over the running and management in May 2010 and the Seychelles NATION unveiled its prowess in visual storytelling and new designs by bringing out a new-look Seychelles NATION weekday newspaper which debuted on Monday November 5, 2012 with the usual 20 pages – four of those in colour.
Now Seychelles NATION also has a presence on the social media and we have also developed an app to accommodate the requests of our clients. Clients cam also read the news on e-NATION.
Compiled by Vidya Gappy