List of newspapers in South Africa explained
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.[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
Newspaper | Publisher | Language | Circulation (Q2 2013)[3] |
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Sunday Times | | English | 368,974 |
Daily Sun | Media24 | English | 287,222 |
Rapport | | | 192,293 |
Sunday Sun | Media24 | English | 170,843 |
Sunday World | Fundudzi Media | English | 123,515 |
City Press | Media24 | English | 119,959 |
Isolezwe | | | 110,753 |
Ilanga | Independent | Zulu | 107,102 |
The Sowetan | Times Media Group | English | 95,068 |
Die Son (daily) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 91,735 |
Isolezwe ngeSonto | INMSA | Zulu | 91,359 |
The Star | INMSA | English | 80,303 |
Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo | INMSA | Zulu | 79,874 |
Die Burger (Saturday) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 72,788 |
Sunday Tribune | INMSA | English | 70,312 |
The Saturday Star | INMSA | English | 63,844 |
Beeld (daily) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 63,016 |
Beeld (Saturday) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 59,317 |
Ilanga Langesonto | Independent | Zulu | 59,152 |
Die Burger (daily) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 57,696 |
Weekend Argus | INMSA | English | 55,731 |
Son op Sondag | Media24 | Afrikaans | 54,367 |
The Times | Times Media Group | English | 50,236 |
The Citizen (daily) | | English | 49,731 |
Independent on Saturday | INMSA | English | 41,645 |
Mail & Guardian | Independent | English | 41,116 |
Johannesburg Times | Canvas Media | English | 37 911 |
Sondag | Media24 | Afrikaans | 32,867 |
Cape Times | INMSA | English | 32,428 |
Sunday Independent | INMSA | English | 30,842 |
Cape Argus | INMSA | English | 30,310 |
Daily News | INMSA | English | 29,385 |
The Mercury | INMSA | English | 28,396 |
The Citizen (Saturday) | Caxton | English | 28,145 |
Business Day | Times Media Group | English | 26,300 |
Daily Dispatch | Times Media Group | English | 25,748 |
The Herald | Times Media Group | English | 20,962 |
Weekend Post | Times Media Group | English | 20,778 |
Saturday Dispatch | Times Media Group | English | 20,117 |
Volksblad (daily) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 19,949 |
Weekend Witness | Media24 | English | 19,035 |
Volksblad (Saturday) | Media24 | Afrikaans | 17,988 |
The Witness | Media24 | English | 17,151 |
Laudium Sun | Nismedia | English | 16,000 |
Pretoria News | INMSA | English | 14,393 |
Pretoria News (Saturday) | INMSA | English | 8,814 |
News Everyday (daily) | Independent | English & Afrikaans |
Briefly News | Legit | English |
Celeb Gossip News South Africa | Celeb Gossip | English | |
Mzansi Magazine | Warten Weg | English | 24,692 |
Forever Yena Newspaper | Warten Weg | English | 18,393 | |
National publications
Publications by province
- 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
KwaZulu-Natal
Free State
- Arts Ya Rona
- Free State Central News
- DumelangNews[11]
- Express
- Free State News
- Free State Sun
- Free State Times
- Indigo mag
- Issue
- The Media News
- Saterdag Volksblad
- The Sports Eye[12]
- Volksblad
- Vista
- The Weekly
Northern Cape
Eastern Cape
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
Online only publications
Regional/community publications
These newspapers only serve small regions, towns, or communities within larger cities, or have a small circulation.
Western Cape
Defunct
These newspapers are no longer published.
See also
Bibliography
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The press in South Africa. SouthAfrica.info. 6 December 2013. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210222004/http://www.southafrica.info/about/media/news.htm#.WfUCajBLfDc. 10 December 2013. dmy-all.
- Web site: SA's newspapers 'under pressure' as circulation drops. BDlive. 6 December 2013.
- Web site: SA's media: The old is dying, the new is struggling to be born . Politicsweb.co.za . 6 December 2013.
- Web site: SAARF AMPS. 27 June 2013.
- Web site: Soccer Laduma Website. 27 June 2013.
- Web site: Sondag Website. 27 June 2013.
- Web site: [//www.spotlightnews.co.za/ Spotlight News Website]. 19 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000957/https://www.spotlightnews.co.za/. 2 February 2017. dead.
- News: South Africa Profile: Media . 28 September 2017 . . 9 July 2011 .
- Web site: Citizen launches Super Saturday Citizen. 27 June 2013.
- Web site: Maphorisa Initiatives Launches Newspaper as second media platform. 12 March 2016.
- Web site: [//www.dumelangnews.co.za Dumelangnews Website]. 11 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507032403/http://www.dumelangnews.co.za/. 7 May 2018. dead.
- Web site: [//www.sportseye.co.za/ The Sports Eye Website]. 19 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001907/https://www.sportseye.co.za/. 2 February 2017. dead.
- Web site: Go! & Express . Times Media Group . 2016-01-14 .
- Web site: Weekend Post . Times Media Group . 2016-01-14 .
- https://www.graaffreinetadvertiser.com/ "Graaff-Reinet Advertiser"
- Web site: HomePage. 17 June 2016.
- Web site: NWU, Potchefstroomkampus: Studentelewe: Wapad-studentekoerant . Puk.ac.za . 2010-04-15 . 2013-01-11 . 30 October 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041030211040/http://www.puk.ac.za/wapad/ . dead .
- Web site: [//www.vuvuzelaonline.com Vuvuzela Website]. 11 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302013923/http://www.vuvuzelaonline.com/. 2 March 2014. dead.
- Web site: 2022-08-29 . About – Africa Media Corporation . 2022-09-01 . AMC . en-GB.
- Web site: FiND iT . 2020-01-22.
- Web site: Newssnatch . 2020-01-22.
- Web site: Daily Maverick . 2020-01-22.
- Web site: The South African . 2020-01-22.
- Web site: The Daily VOX - Citizen.Speak.Amplify . 2018-12-04.
- Web site: EBNewsDaily. 2020-05-09.
- Web site: GroundUp Home .
- Web site: SurgeZirc SA. 2021-12-29. Surge Zirc SA. en-GB.
- Web site: News Everyday - Latest South African News . News Everyday (Pty) Ltd . 2018-12-04.
- Web site: Property Wheel News - Wheel Media .