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The Witness

South African daily newspaper published in Pietermaritzburg
Organization newspaper Q3523400
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The Witness

Summary

The Witness is a newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Witness's instance of is recorded as newspaper[3].
  • The Witness's owned by is recorded as Naspers[4].
  • The Witness's headquarters location is recorded as Pietermaritzburg[5].
  • +1846-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Witness[6].
  • The Witness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059y9k[7].
  • The Witness's official website is recorded as http://www.witness.co.za/[8].
  • The Witness's official website is recorded as https://www.citizen.co.za/witness/[9].
  • The Witness's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Witness'}[10].
  • The Witness's X is recorded as witnesskzn[11].
  • The Witness's Facebook username is recorded as WitnessKZN[12].
  • The Witness's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as the-witness[13].
  • The Witness's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UCzlTj24m5rzJp6ys4d0A1vg[14].
  • The Witness's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+4699353'}[15].
  • The Witness's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+72075'}[16].
  • The Witness's Muck Rack media outlet ID is recorded as news24-witness[17].
  • The Witness's YouTube handle is recorded as thewitnesskzn[18].

Body

Founding

+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Witness[6].

Operations

The Witness's headquarters location is recorded as Pietermaritzburg[5].

Ownership

The Witness's owned by is recorded as Naspers[4].

Why It Matters

The Witness ranks in the top 1% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

newspaper Pietermaritzburg

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Witness. Retrieved April 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-witness-q3523400
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-witness-q3523400_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Witness}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-witness-q3523400}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-06}}
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