List of newspapers in South Africa

This is a list of newspapers in South Africa.

In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. 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. Print media accounts for about 19.3% of the R34.4bn of advertising money spent in the country.

Newspapers by circulation

National publications

• Beeld (in 5 of 9 provinces)
• Business Day
• City Press
• Daily Sun
• KwelaXpress
• Mail & Guardian
• Naweek Beeld
• The New Age
• Rapport
• Soccer Laduma
• Sondag (in 6 of 9 provinces)
• The Sowetan
• Sunday Independent
• Sunday Sun
• Forever Yena Newspaper
• Sunday Times
• Sunday World
• The Teacher
• Townpress
• Mzansi Magazine
• Vuk'uzenzele
• The Zimbabwean
• The Life News (South African Digital Newspaper)

Publications by province

Mpumalanga

• 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

• The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Lenasia
• City Mag
• The Citizen
• The Fordsburg Independent Newspaper
• The Joburg Times
• Rekord
• Mapepeza Community Newspaper (multilingual black-owned press)
• The Jozi Chronicle
• The Laudium Sun
• The Lenasia Sun
• Pretoria News
• Pretoria News Weekend
• The Saturday Star
• Sowetan
• Spotlight News (Gauteng Provincial monthly newspaper)
• The Star
• Super Saturday Citizen
• tame TIMES
• The Times
• Townpress Newspaper

KwaZulu-Natal

• Mzansi Magazine
• The Daily News
• Ilanga
• Ilanga langeSonto
• The Independent on Saturday
• Isolezwe
• Isolezwe ngeSonto
• Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo
• The Mercury
• Forever Yena Newspaper
• Post
• The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Chatsworth
• The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Overport
• The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - North Coast
• The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Merebank
• The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Mid South Coast
• Sunday Tribune
• Tabloid Media
• UmAfrika
• Weekend Witness
• The Witness
• The Zululand Observer
• Isambane News

Free State

• Arts Ya Rona
• Free State Central News
• DumelangNews
• Express
• Free State News
• Free State Sun
• Free State Times
• Indigo mag
• Issue
• The Media News
• Saterdag Volksblad
• The Sports Eye
• Volksblad
• Vista
• The Weekly

Northern Cape

• Diamond Fields Advertiser (DFA)
• Postmasburg Register
• FiND iT in Kimberley (FiND iT)

Eastern Cape

• Daily Dispatch and the Saturday Dispatch
• Go! & Express
• Grocott's Mail
• I'solezwe lesiXhosa
• The Herald
• UD Newspaper
• Weekend Post
• Graaff-Reinet Advertiser

Western Cape

• Breederivier Gazette
• Die Burger
• Die Burger Saterdag
• Cape Argus
• Cape Times
• Daily Voice
• District Mail
• Drakenstein Gazette
• Eikestadnuus
• Helderberg Gazette
• Hermanus Times
• Paarl Post
• Die Son
• Son op Sondag
• Stellenbosch Gazette
• Swartland Gazette
• Theewaterskloof Gazette
• Vukani
• Weekend Argus (Saturday edition)
• Weekend Argus (Sunday edition)
• Weskusnuus
• Weslander
• Worcester Standard

Student/university publications

• The Conduit - Durban University of Technology
• IRAWA Post - University of the Free State
• Journalismiziko - Durban University of Technology
• Die Matie - University of Stellenbosch
• NMMYou - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
• Nux - University of KwaZulu Natal
• PDBY - University of Pretoria
• Speculum - Central University of Technology, Free State
• UJ Observer - University of Johannesburg
• Varsity - University of Cape Town
• Wapad - North-West University
• Vuvuzela - University of the Witwatersrand

Online only publications

• AMC
• Mzansi Magazine
• ANC Today
• The Continent
• FiND iT
• Newssnatch
• The South African
• The Daily VOX
• EBNewsDaily
• Eyewitness News
• Saffarazzi News
• FiND iT in Kimberley
• Forever Yena Newspaper
• GroundUp (news agency)
• Indian Spice
• Mamba Online
• Maroela Media
• MatieMedia - University of Stellenbosch
• Mayihlome News
• SurgeZirc SA
• News Everyday
• Property Wheel News

Regional/community publications

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

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Free State

Northern Cape

Eastern Cape

Western Cape

Defunct

These newspapers are no longer published.

See also

• Media of South Africa
• List of South African media
• Xhosa language newspapers
• South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF)

References

Bibliography

External links

• Contact directory: media contacts, South African Government communications
• News and media, South African Government information
• SAARF website
• South Africa Newspapers and Africa News
• AfricaBib