Cape Town – Media24’s digital division, 24.com, announced on Thursday the launch of a new start-up newswire and daily diary service from 1 April, the day after Sapa closes.
The announcement comes in the wake of the South African Press Association’s (Sapa) closure and will be called News24Wire.
A 16-strong, national reporting team is being built by veteran editor and News24 editor-in-chief Andrew Trench and will be a resource for the country’s press.