Top 10 lists

CNN
The global leader in news delivery, CNN’s Web site is split into an American, an Asian and a European version. It carries breaking news using text, photos, video and audio to great effect. The content is an extended version of stories being carried in its televised broadcasts, and also includes numerous in-depth interviews and features. A wide selection of news is covered, including technology, health and science. This is a resource that most people serious about finding out what’s in the news turn to on a regular basis.

IOL.co.za
IOL is one of the biggest local news, classifieds and info sites. It carries hundreds of news items and over 20 000 classified ads every day. The site is owned by Independent News & Media along with 14 national and regional newspapers, including some of the country's best-known titles. Click through today to get your online does of content from The Star, The Pretoria News and several other newspapers.

News24
News24 provides updated news around the clock to South African readers – both on a local basis and to those living abroad. The site focuses on breaking general, sport, business and entertainment news, but also develops special feature sites around big news events. Its content partners include Beeld, Die Burger, Volksblad, Rapport, City Press, the Daily Mail & Guardian, Wheels24, Smalls24, Property24, Women24, Agri24 and Your Health.

ABCNEWS.com
ABCNEWS.com, established in May 1997, is one of the fastest-growing news sites on the Internet. With editorial and technical resources from ABC News and The Walt Disney Internet Group, ABCNEWS.com consistently provides users with up-to-the-minute, engaging, informative and interactive coverage of a range of issues and events. Its staff is devoted to reporting around-the-clock, writing and editing the news and features, while bringing the best of ABC News television broadcasts - Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, World News Now, 20/20, PrimeTime, 20/20 and This Week - to the Web.

BBC World Service
This provides international news, analysis and information in English and 42 other languages. We have a global network of correspondents who provide impartial news and reports on location. The BBC World Service has as one of its main aims (as contained in the "Statement Of Objectives" of 1985) the requirement to provide "a credible, unbiased, reliable, accurate, balanced and independent news service, covering national and international developments". The BBC World Service is not funded by the licence fee, but receives instead parliamentary grants-in-aid. The Government, in close consultation with the World Service, has the final decision over which languages are broadcast, but editorial control of the programmes rests entirely with the BBC.

USAToday
USAToday carries breaking news, features, reviews and opinion pieces across the following categories – people, books, news, money matters, sports, movies, music, television and travel. It also includes city guides, crosswords, flight trackers, a photo archive, special offers and shopping guides. Although these are all obviously geared for the US market, this site still carries enough content with a wide enough appeal to attract SA surfers.

Time
This is the daily online component of TIME magazine. It is updated several times a day with an analysis of the day’s news, plus photo essays, columns and new feature articles. Apart from insightful, hard-hitting reporting and a collection of truly stunning photographs, this site also allows you to subscribe to TIME magazine, view the index for the current issue, order back offers and scroll through the magazine’s archived material.

Sportal.co.za
Looking for the latest on soccer, rugby, cricket, Formula 1, tennis, golf, etc? For the most comprehensive, up to date local and international sporting news, you simply must try out Sportal.co.za. Not only does it have all the leader boards on site, it also carries breaking news, columns, biographies and much, much more.

ITWeb.co.za
ITWeb is the premier technology news web site for the Southern Africa market and the only IT news daily in the country. It publishes the news as its breaks and sends a summarized version out to over 25 000 subscribers daily. It divides its content up into targeted specialized portals, which readers can use as a one-stop information resources on a specific topic or vertical sector.

Health.co.za
Among the most comprehensive and reputable sources of local, health-related information, Health.co.za’s content falls into various categories, e.g. medical aids, a pharmacy search, a fitness calculator, women’s health, pregnancy, baby care, men’s health, diseases, sex, headaches, diet and nutrition, alternative medicine and much more. It has an extensive medical conditions database, and carries input from many industry-recognised experts in their field.

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