List of South African mass media explained

The is a list of South African mass media, including newspapers, television stations, radio stations and various alternative media.

Newspapers

See main article: article and List of newspapers in South Africa.

National

• Beeld (available in 5 of 9 provinces)
• Business Day
• City Press
• Daily Maverick
• Daily Sun
• Die Burger
• Mail & Guardian
• News Everyday
• The New Age
• Rapport
• SAMM News - currently available online
• The Sowetan
• Sunday Independent
• Sunday Sun
• Sunday Times
• Sunday World
• The Witness
• ILANGA
• Laudium Sun

Television broadcasters

Free-To-Air

eMedia Investments

• e.tv
• eMovies
• eMovies Extra
• eExtra
• eReality
• ePlesier
• eToonz
• eSERIES
• eNCA

South African Broadcasting Corporation

• SABC 1
• SABC 2
• SABC 3
• SABC News
• SABC LEHAE
• SABC Education
• SABC Sport

Subscription-based

MultiChoice

• M-Net
• M-Net Movies
• Mzansi Magic
• KykNET
• Africa Magic
• 1Max

Independent Stations

• Moja Love
• Mindset Learn
• Newzroom Afrika
• Movie Room
• Play Room
• DBE TV
• WildEarth
• Business Day TV
• Parliamentary TV
• People's Planet^[1]
• Via TV^[2]
• BRICS Africa Channel^[3]
• The Home Channel
• Ignition TV
• Hilaal TV
• Racing240

Community Stations

• GauTV
• 1KZN^[4]
• Rising Sun TV (StarSat)
• Mpuma Kapa TV^[5]
• Cape Town TV
• Soweto TV via DStv until digital switch
• Tshwane TV^[6]
• Nongoma TV^[7]
• MYtv^[8]

Streaming Media

• Showmax
• eVOD
• SABC Plus^[9] (formally called TelkomONE)
• Freevision Play^[10]
• Netflix
• Amazon Prime
• BritBox
• Disney+

Direct to home satellite broadcasters

• DStv
• OpenView HD
• StarSat

New satellite broadcasting licensees (not yet operational)

• e-Sat
• Telkom Media

New IPTV licensees (not yet operational)

• Telkom Media

Radio stations

See: List of radio stations in South Africa

Street newspapers

See also: Street newspaper.

• Big Issue
• Homeless talk - a small newspaper produced in Johannesburg; its content is largely about the plight of the homeless; on sale at select shops and most traffic lights in Johannesburg^[11]

Internet

• South Africa Today
• Quackdown (Exposes medical fraud and quackery)
• Bizcommunity.com
• ispotdaily.com
• News24
• Thesouthafrican.com
• News Everyday
• Saffarazzi
• The South African^[12]
• ZWBDC.co.za
• EBNewsDaily^[13]
• Briefly.co.za^[14]

See also

• Africa Media Online
• Alternative media in South Africa
• List of magazines in South Africa

External links

• Contact directory: media contacts, South African Government communications
• News and media, South African Government information

Notes and References

1. Web site: "People's Planet".
2. Web site: "Via TV".
3. Web site: "BRICS Africa Channel" - Changing The Narrative.
4. Web site: 1KZN TV – Kanye Nawe.
5. Web site: Welcome to Mpuma Kapa TV - News, Shows in and around Gqeberha . 24 September 2021 . 1 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901182322/https://mpumakapa.tv/ . dead .
6. Web site: Tshwane TV.
7. Web site: NONGOMA TV LIVE FROM THE HEART OF THE ZULU NATION.
8. Web site: "MY TV".
9. Web site: SABC Plus .
10. Web site: Freevision Play.
11. Web site: Homeless talk. December 1995. Review. 23. 2009-07-30.
12. Web site: South African News Online News The South African.
13. Web site: Breaking News, Top Stories and Latest News in South Africa - EBNewsDaily.
14. Web site: Briefly News . Briefly News.