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Newsmaker 2012

2012-12-20 09:45

The unrest at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana has been named the News24 Newsmaker of 2012 event.

24.com dedicates an entire month to men with Men24

2012-11-07 07:15

Launched on the 1st November and running for just 30 days, Men.24.com is a platform that celebrates everything about being a man.

24.com wins multiple awards at Bookmarks 2012

2012-11-02 09:37

24.com continues to be acknowledged as a leader in digital publishing with 8 wins at this year’s Bookmarks Awards.

Top health and wellness website receives brand new accolade

2012-08-03 09:50

At the Media24 Conference, the publishing house awarded Health24, South Africa's biggest consumer health website, the new Antonie Roux award.

News24’s BlackBerry® app reaches 100 000 active users.

2011-11-15 15:23

In just over a year the News24 BlackBerry® app has been downloaded over 300,000 times and is now used by more than 100,000 active users every month.

Careers24 revamps job portal

2011-05-31 15:22

Careers24, one of South Africa’s leading career portals, has launched its revamped job portal promising a more streamlined, efficient way of matching the ideal candidate to a job.

News24.com outage

2011-01-31 15:17

An unforeseen failure at a Johannesburg-based data centre used by the company which oversees the hosting of our sites, resulted in a 17-hour outage of all 24.com sites including News24 on Sunday.

And this year's Newsmaker is...

2010-12-21 13:21

The results are in! News24 Users have chosen their biggest news story of the year in our Newsmaker poll.

88% of South Africans say fear of arrest deters them from drunk driving

2010-11-30 12:54

Fact: 88% of South Africans say the fear of being arrested and sent to jail for drunk driving encourages them not to drink and drive. This was revealed in the brandhouse Drive Dry Responsible Drinking online survey, conducted on News24.com.

World Cup news on Sport24

2010-06-04 11:20

The Soccer World Cup takes centre stage this month and Sport24 are fully committed to providing our loyal readership the best editorial offering in the country.

News24 partners with Opera Mini in SA

2010-03-18 13:08

Opera Software has announced its partnership with News24.com. Users of Opera Mini in South Africa will have one-click access to News24's mobile website.

 

Health24 wins again

2012-11-06 09:38

Health24’s EnviroHealth Editor, Olivia Rose-Innes, has been awarded the Profile Award in the category of Healthcare for her article and slide-show: "Malaria: An African story."

24.com receives top digital publishing recognition with 2012 Bookmarks nominations

2012-10-18 09:47

Last night the Bookmarks Committee announced the 2012 nominees at an event at 15 on Orange in Cape Town.

Newsmaker 2011

2011-12-21 10:31

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has been named Newsmaker of the year.

News24 holds top position

2011-09-13 16:17

The latest Effective Measure data from the Digital Media and Marketing Association reports that News24 still holds top positions in both the website and mobile categories.

News24 hits record numbers for election results coverage

2011-05-30 15:23

News24 had their biggest day yet on the 19 May due to their coverage of the local government election results. Online their numbers were up 100%, while on mobile the increase was a staggering 150%.

News24’s mobile site hits the half-a-million unique users mark

2011-01-20 16:37

News24.com’s mobile site, m.news24.com, recorded 529,045 unique browsers (UBs) in December 2010, according to Nielsen’s Market Intelligence Report. This is a 200% growth from 176,166 UBs in December 2009, making it South Africa’s largest breaking news mobile site.

News24 joins Justin Bieber on Google’s Zeitgeist

2010-12-13 12:44

Justin Bieber, News24 and Die Antwoord were among the fastest rising search terms in South Africa in 2010, according to Google’s annual 'Zeitgeist' report.

SA Blog Awards come of age

2010-08-12 17:29

News24 will be the headline sponsor when the annual SA Blog Awards take place on September 25 in Cape Town.

News24 reaches 2 million South Africans

2010-04-30 12:02

News24 has become the first South African website and online news destination to reach more than two million domestic unique browsers in a month.

Newsmaker's photo finish...

2009-12-21 09:44

This year's vote to determine News24's Newsmaker of the Year winner ended in a nail-biting photo finish! So who edged out the competition?

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