Type | News |
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Format | Online newspaper |
Owner(s) | Media24 |
Editor-in-chief | Adriaan Basson |
Founded | October 1998 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Cape Town, South Africa |
Sister newspapers | Fin24, Sport24, Channel24, Health24, Arts24, Parent24, Wheels24, W24, Business Insider SA, Ride24 |
Website | www |
News24 is an English-language South African news website created in October 1998 by the multinational media company, Naspers. Its team of approximately 100 journalists,[1] led by editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson, is based in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Gqeberha. Its brands include Fin24, Sport24, Channel24, Health24, Arts24, Parent24, Wheels24, W24, Ride24 and Business Insider SA. News24 is owned by Media24, a South African media company, with interests in digital media and services, newspapers, magazines, e-commerce, book publishing, print and distribution. In August 2021, News24 launched a digital subscription service that offers premium investigative journalism, opinion, analysis and more to paying subscribers at R75 per month. It reached 100,000 subscribers in February 2024, becoming the largest subscription-led news website in Africa.[2]