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List of newspapers in South Africa

This is a list of newspapers in South Africa.

Frontpage of "Die Afrikaanse Patriot" (1876), a newspaper in an early form of the Afrikaans language

In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans.[1] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation, about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine readers.[2] Print media accounts for about 19.3% of the R34.4bn of advertising money spent in the country.

Newspapers by circulation edit

NewspaperPublisherLanguageCirculation (Q2 2013)[3]
Sunday TimesTimes Media GroupEnglish368,974
Daily SunMedia24English287,222
RapportMedia24Afrikaans192,293
Sunday SunMedia24English170,843
Sunday WorldFundudzi MediaEnglish123,515
City PressMedia24English119,959
IsolezweINMSAZulu110,753
IlangaIndependentZulu107,102
The SowetanTimes Media GroupEnglish95,068
Die Son (daily)Media24Afrikaans91,735
Isolezwe ngeSontoINMSAZulu91,359
The StarINMSAEnglish80,303
Isolezwe ngoMgqibeloINMSAZulu79,874
Die Burger (Saturday)Media24Afrikaans72,788
Sunday TribuneINMSAEnglish70,312
The Saturday StarINMSAEnglish63,844
Beeld (daily)Media24Afrikaans63,016
Beeld (Saturday)Media24Afrikaans59,317
Ilanga LangesontoIndependentZulu59,152
Die Burger (daily)Media24Afrikaans57,696
Weekend ArgusINMSAEnglish55,731
Son op SondagMedia24Afrikaans54,367
The TimesTimes Media GroupEnglish50,236
The Citizen (daily)CaxtonEnglish49,731
Independent on SaturdayINMSAEnglish41,645
Mail & GuardianIndependentEnglish41,116
Johannesburg TimesCanvas MediaEnglish37 911
SondagMedia24Afrikaans32,867
Cape TimesINMSAEnglish32,428
Sunday IndependentINMSAEnglish30,842
Cape ArgusINMSAEnglish30,310
Daily NewsINMSAEnglish29,385
The MercuryINMSAEnglish28,396
The Citizen (Saturday)CaxtonEnglish28,145
Business DayTimes Media GroupEnglish26,300
Daily DispatchTimes Media GroupEnglish25,748
The HeraldTimes Media GroupEnglish20,962
Weekend PostTimes Media GroupEnglish20,778
Saturday DispatchTimes Media GroupEnglish20,117
Volksblad (daily)Media24Afrikaans19,949
Weekend WitnessMedia24English19,035
Volksblad (Saturday)Media24Afrikaans17,988
The WitnessMedia24English17,151
Laudium SunNismediaEnglish16,000
Pretoria NewsINMSAEnglish14,393
Pretoria News (Saturday)INMSAEnglish8,814
News Everyday (daily)IndependentEnglish & Afrikaans
Briefly NewsLegitEnglish
Celeb Gossip News South AfricaCeleb GossipEnglish
Mzansi MagazineWarten WegEnglish24,692
Forever Yena NewspaperWarten WegEnglish18,393

National publications edit

Publications by province edit

Mpumalanga edit

  • Bulletin
  • DAILY SUN
  • Ermelo Insight/Ermelo Insig
  • Excelsior News
  • Highvelder
  • Kasi Express Community Newspaper
  • News Everyday
  • Ridge Times
  • Standerton Advertiser
  • Witbank News
  • Ziwaphi
  • 013NEWS

Gauteng edit

KwaZulu-Natal edit

Free State edit

Northern Cape edit

Eastern Cape edit

Western Cape edit

Student/university publications edit

Online only publications edit

Regional/community publications edit

These newspapers only serve small regions, towns, or communities within larger cities, or have a small circulation.

Limpopo edit

Mpumalanga edit


North West edit

Gauteng edit

KwaZulu-Natal edit

Free State edit

  • Bloemnuus
  • Bloemfontein Courant
  • Kasi News
  • Kroonnuus
  • Maluti
  • Masilonyana News
  • Ons Stad
  • Vista
  • Vrystaat

Northern Cape edit

Eastern Cape edit

  • Aliwal News/Nuus
  • Barkly East Reporter
  • Grocott's Mail

Western Cape edit

  • Atlantic Sun
  • Bolander
  • Breederivier Gazette
  • City Vision
  • Constantiaberg Bulletin
  • CXpress
  • Die Courant
  • Die Hoorn
  • DistrictMail
  • Eikestad Nuus
  • George Herald
  • Helderberg Gazette
  • Hermanus Times
  • Idinga
  • Knysna-Plett Herald
  • Mossell Bay Advertiser
  • Oudtshoorn Courant
  • Overberg Venster
  • Paarl Post
  • People's Post
  • Southern Suburbs Tatler
  • Suid-Kaap Forum
  • Swartland Gazette
  • The Edge
  • TygerBurger[30]
  • Tygertalk[31]
  • Village News
  • Weslander

Defunct edit

These newspapers are no longer published.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The press in South Africa". SouthAfrica.info. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "SA's newspapers 'under pressure' as circulation drops". BDlive. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. ^ "SA's media: The old is dying, the new is struggling to be born". Politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e "South Africa Profile: Media". BBC News. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "SAARF AMPS". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Soccer Laduma Website". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Sondag Website". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Spotlight News Website". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Citizen launches Super Saturday Citizen". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Maphorisa Initiatives Launches Newspaper as second media platform". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Dumelangnews Website". Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  12. ^ "The Sports Eye Website". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Go! & Express". Times Media Group. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Weekend Post". Times Media Group. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Graaff-Reinet Advertiser"
  16. ^ "HomePage". 17 June 2016.
  17. ^ "NWU, Potchefstroomkampus: Studentelewe: Wapad-studentekoerant". Puk.ac.za. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  18. ^ "Vuvuzela Website". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  19. ^ "About – Africa Media Corporation". AMC. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  20. ^ "FiND iT". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Newssnatch". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Daily Maverick". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  23. ^ "The South African". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  24. ^ "The Daily VOX - Citizen.Speak.Amplify". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  25. ^ "EBNewsDaily". Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  26. ^ "GroundUp Home".
  27. ^ "SurgeZirc SA". Surge Zirc SA. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  28. ^ "News Everyday - Latest South African News". News Everyday (Pty) Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  29. ^ "Property Wheel News - Wheel Media".
  30. ^ "Tygerburger".
  31. ^ "The Inc - Tygertalk - Bellville/Durbanville". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  32. ^ "Indian Newspapers in KwaZulu-Natal – 150 years of Indian Journalism". Ulwazi Programme (in English and Zulu). eThekwini Municipality. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  33. ^

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