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Newsmaker 2011

2011-12-21 10:31

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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SA males prefer Bok to beauty

2009-12-17 12:39

He is the most-capped and most successful Springbok captain of all time and the majority of Sport24 readers would rather come to his rescue, in a time of need, than one of the country’s most beautiful women.

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News24 finishes 2009 off on a high, record traffic and industry awards

2009-12-07 16:07

Successful redesign, greater community engagement and industry kudos sets news site apart.

Nokia and News24 announce first SA widget

2009-08-18 09:21

Nokia South Africa has delivered on its promise of bringing local content to users by partnering with News24.com to deliver the first local widget.

 

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%.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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'Mobile internet' the way forward

2009-12-17 08:47

More and more sports fans in South Africa are using 3G connections and their cell phones to access the internet for up-to-date, and on-the-go, sports news and results.

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News24 scoops Black Pixel

2009-11-13 10:55

News24 has won the prestigious Black Pixel for Best in Show Publishing Category Award at the second annual Bookmarks Awards.

Female perspectives of ‘new realities’ of life in SA

2009-06-02 10:48

Inviting South African women of all shapes, ages, vocations and colours to participate, Women24.com - the largest online community of SA women - has launched the annual Female Nation Survey.

 
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    ROADWORK - two sets of stop / go controls just south of the R68 Dundee exit - expect waiting times of up to 20 minutes between Ladysmith and Newcastle (ends March 2013)
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    ROADWORKS - lane closures on both carriageways for long term roadworks between the N4 Witbank Highway Interchange and the Zambesi Drive exit - EXPECT DELAYS (until Jan 2013)
 
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