The South African Press Association (SAPA) was the national news agency of South Africa, established on 1 July 1938 by the country's major newspapers as a cooperative wire service based in Johannesburg. It supplied news content, video, and photographs to media outlets across South Africa for more than seven decades. SAPA closed on 31 March 2015.
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Its primary area of distribution was in South Africa, although it did have clients abroad as well as exchange agreements with other major news agencies. == Closure == SAPA ceased operations on March 31, 2015, after its assets were liquidated.
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1 July 1938 - closed 31 March 2015
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