The Times (South Africa)


The Times was a South African daily newspaper now available online only. It was an offshoot of The Sunday Times, to whose subscribers it was delivered gratis; non-subscribers paid R2.50 per edition in the early years. It was owned by Tiso Blackstar Group, formerly known as Times Media Group.

Overview

The Times of South Africa was a daily printed newspaper that was delivered free to 137,054 Sunday Times subscribers five days a week. Tabloid in size, it was South Africa's first totally interactive newspaper, published in tandem with the TimesLIVE website. In The Times's newsroom, reporters worked alongside multimedia producers and photographers to produce content for the newspaper and the website. The Times was also available for purchase at a cover price of R4.00 in limited quantities, later at R5.50. The last editor of The Times was Andrew Trench.
In November 2017 the newspaper's owner, Tiso Blackstar Group, announced its intention to shut down the paper. It was replaced with a premium digital-only daily edition, Times Select, in early 2018.
The Times LIVE website publishes free breaking news, sport, entertainment and more, as well as video, audio and photo stories.

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Location

The newspaper's physical address was Hill on Empire, 16 Empire Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193.