News24
News24 is one of South Africa's largest online news portals, operated by Media24, part of the Naspers group. It provides English-language coverage of South African politics, business, sport, and breaking news, alongside international stories. With a large digital readership, it is among the most visited news websites in the country and offers both free and subscription content.
News24 at a glance
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Southern Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- News portal
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1998
- Owner
- Media24 (Naspers)
- Published from
- Cape Town
- Website
- news24.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups News24
Crosswire groups News24 as Centrist for comparisons within South Africa's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In South Africa, Mail & Guardian is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open News24 beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where News24 sits in South Africa's press
News24 was founded in 1998, is published from Cape Town and is owned by Media24 (Naspers). It is one of 6 outlets tracked in South Africa, and one of 2 news portals among them — the other being IOL. By outlets tracked, South Africa ranks first of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 11 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to News24 outside South Africa, starting with Southern Africa, are Bulawayo24 News (Zimbabwe), Joy Online (Ghana), Seneweb (Senegal) and Lefaso.net (Burkina Faso). Opening one of them beside News24 is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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