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, most published in English.[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

NewspaperPublisherLanguageCirculation (Q2 2013)[3]
Sunday TimesTimes Media GroupEnglish368,974
Daily SunMedia24English287,222
RapportMedia24Afrikaans192,293
Sunday SunMedia24English170,843
Sunday WorldTimes Media GroupEnglish123,515
City PressMedia24English119,959
IsolezweINMSAZulu110,753
IlangaIndependentZulu107,102
News Everyday (daily) Independent English & Afrikaans -
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
Celeb Gossip News South Africa Celeb Gossip English -
Pretoria News (Saturday)INMSAEnglish8,814

Newspapers by province

National

Eastern Cape

Free State

  • Arts Ya Rona
  • DumelangNews[10]
  • Express
  • Free State News
  • Free State Sun
  • Free State Times
  • Indigo mag
  • Issue
  • The Media News
  • Saterdag Volksblad[5]
  • The Sports Eye[11]
  • Volksblad
  • Vista
  • The Weekly

Northern Cape

Gauteng

Mpumalanga

  • Bulletin
  • DAILY SUN
  • Ermelo Insight (Mpumalanga)|Ermelo Insig
  • Kasi Express Community Newspaper
  • News Everyday
  • Ridge Times
  • Ziwaphi
  • 013NEWS

KwaZulu-Natal

Western Cape

  • Breederivier Gazette
  • Die Burger
  • Die Burger Saterdag[5]
  • Cape Argus
  • Cape Times
  • Daily Voice
  • District Mail
  • Drakenstein Gazette
  • Eikestadnuus
  • Helderberg Gazette
  • Hermanus Times
  • Paarl Post
  • Die Son
  • Son op Sondag[5]
  • Stellenbosch Gazette
  • Swartland Gazette
  • Theewaterskloof Gazette
  • Vukani
  • Weekend Argus (Saturday edition)[5]
  • Weekend Argus (Sunday edition)[5]
  • Weskusnuus
  • Weslander
  • Worcester Standard

Student

Online only

Regional papers

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

  • Alberton Record
  • Alex News (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Aliwal News/Nuus
  • Atlantic Sun
  • Barberton Times
  • Barkly Reporter
  • Bay Watch
  • Bedford / Edenvale News
  • Benoni City Times
  • Berea Mail
  • Bloemnuus
  • Boksburg Advertiser
  • Bolander
  • Bosvelder
  • Brakpan Herald
  • Breede.com
  • Brits Pos
  • Capricorn Voice
  • City Vision (Western Cape)
  • Constantiaberg Bulletin
  • Cosmos Gazette
  • Die Courant
  • Daller
  • DistrictMail
  • Echo
  • Eikestad Nuus
  • Ermelo Insig (Gert Sibande)
  • eShowe Watch (Mtunzini, Amatigulu, Gingindlovu, eShowe, Ntumeni, Nkwaleni, Melmoth and Ulundi)
  • Estcourt & Midlands News
  • Forum
  • Fourways Review (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Freegig (Die Courant)
  • Gemsbok
  • Germiston City News
  • Grocott's Mail
  • Helderberg Gazette
  • Hermanus Times
  • Highlands Herald
  • Highveld Voice
  • Highway Mail
  • The Hilltop
  • Kasi Express (Kanyamazane, Kabokweni, Pienaar and Matsulu)
  • Kasi News (Pretoria townships of Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Soshanguve, Mabopane, Garankuwa and surroundings)
  • Kempton Express
  • Klerksdorp Record
  • Kroonnuus
  • Krugersdorp News
  • Kuruman Bulletin
  • Ladysmith Gazette
  • Leisure Options
  • Lenasia Times
  • Letaba Herald
  • Lowvelder
  • The Mail
  • Maluti
  • Masilonyana News (Motheo and Lejweleputswa districts in Free State)
  • MetroBurger
  • Mid South Coast Mail
  • Middelburg Observer
  • Midlands Herald (the Midlands north of Pietermaritzburg)
  • Midrand Reporter (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Moutse News (Dennilton, Marble Hall, Groblersdal, Kwagga, Kwa-Mhlanga, Siyabuswa, Motetema, Tafelkop and surroundings)
  • Mpumalanga News
  • Newcastle Advertiser
  • Newcastle Express
  • Newcastle Sun
  • Noordkaap
  • Noordwester
  • North Eastern Tribune (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Northcliff / Melville Times (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Northglen News
  • Ons Stad
  • Overberg Venster
  • Paarl Post
  • People's Post
  • Phalaborwa Pretoria Record
  • Queensburg News
  • Randburg Sun North (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Randburg Sun South (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Randfontein Herald
  • Ridge Times
  • Roodepoort Record
  • Rosebank Killarney Gazette (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • Rustenburg Herald
  • Sandton Chronicle (Johannesburg North community newspaper)
  • South Coast Herald
  • South Coast Sun
  • Southern Courier
  • Southern Echo Lenasia
  • Southern Suburbs Tatler
  • Standerton Advertiser
  • Steelburger
  • Streeknuus
  • Swartlander
  • tame TIMES
  • Tembisan
  • Tempo (formerly Swartland & Weskus Herald)
  • Thisability
  • The Times of Newcastle
  • TygerBurger (Tygerberg area and surrounding northern suburbs of Cape Town)[24]
  • Tygertalk[25]
  • Umlozi Wezindaba
  • Village Talk (the Midlands north of Pietermaritzburg)
  • Vista
  • Vryheid Herald
  • Vrystaat
  • Weslander
  • Witbank News
  • Zululand North Watch
  • Zululand Observer

Defunct

These newspapers are no longer published.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The press in South Africa". SouthAfrica.info. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 "South Africa Profile: Media". BBC News. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "SAARF AMPS". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Soccer Laduma Website". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sondag Website". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Go! & Express". Times Media Group. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  9. ↑ "Weekend Post". Times Media Group. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  10. ↑ "Dumelangnews Website".
  11. ↑ "The Sports Eye Website". Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Spotlight News Website". Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Citizen launches Super Saturday Citizen". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Maphorisa Initiatives Launches Newspaper as second media platform". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "HomePage". 17 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "NWU, Potchefstroomkampus: Studentelewe: Wapad-studentekoerant". Puk.ac.za. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  17. ↑ "Vuvuzela Website".
  18. ↑ "Eyewitness News - EWN".
  19. ↑ "GroundUp Home".
  20. ↑ "Property Wheel News - Wheel Media".
  21. ↑ "TheSouthAfrica - We are local news and community news".
  22. ↑ "TheSouthAfrica - We are local news and community news".
  23. ↑ "South Africa Latest News", South Africa Latest News, 17 May, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Tygerburger".
  25. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "Indian Newspapers in KwaZulu-Natal – 150 years of Indian Journalism". Ulwazi Programme (in English and Zulu). eThekwini Municipality. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

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