The 'newswire' is a consistent (24hr-7days/week-365 days p.a.) feed of news into the newsrooms around South Africa.
Sapa does not supply news to the general public and therefore is , in a sense, a wholesaler of news to the media industry. Sapa does, however, supply news to operations and organisations that wish to keep up to date with the breaking news in South Africa and the world. These recipients include embassies, government departments, press release agencies, journalists and companies.
To access the newswire service one needs to be a subscriber.
The news service is categorised into 10 groups, namely: Domestic, International, Finance, Sport stories, Sport results, Horse racing, Africa, Diaries & advisories, Entertainment, and Parliament.
The rate for this service is dependent on the degree of access and the rights to publish or broker the news.
