List of South African mass media

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

Newspapers

Main article: 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
• My World Global News
• 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
• Channel O
• SuperSport

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
• MDNtv ^[4]

Community Stations

• GauTV
• 1KZN ^[5]
• Rising Sun TV (StarSat)
• Mpuma Kapa TV ^[6]
• Cape Town TV
• Soweto TV via DStv until digital switch
• Tshwane TV ^[7]
• Nongoma TV ^[8]
• MYtv ^[9]

Streaming Media

• Showmax
• Starlight Africa
• eVOD
• SABC Plus ^[10] (formally called TelkomONE)
• Freevision Play ^[11]
• 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 ^[12]

Internet

• South Africa Today
• Quackdown (Exposes medical fraud and quackery)
• Bizcommunity.com
• ispotdaily.com
• News24
• Thesouthafrican.com
• News Everyday
• Saffarazzi
• The South African ^[13]
• ZWBDC.co.za
• EBNewsDaily ^[14]
• Briefly.co.za ^[15]

See also

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

References

1. ""People's Planet"".
2. ""Via TV"".
3. ""BRICS Africa Channel" - Changing The Narrative".
4. "MDNTV's Press office on Bizcommunity". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
5. "1KZN TV – Kanye Nawe".
6. "Welcome to Mpuma Kapa TV - News, Shows in and around Gqeberha". Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
7. "Tshwane TV".
8. "NONGOMA TV LIVE FROM THE HEART OF THE ZULU NATION".
9. ""MY TV"".
10. "SABC Plus".
11. "Freevision Play".
12. "Homeless talk" (PDF). Review. December 1995. p. 23. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
13. "South African News | Online News | The South African".
14. "Breaking News, Top Stories and Latest News in South Africa - EBNewsDaily".
15. "Briefly News". Briefly News.

Further reading

• Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford (2020), "South Africa", Digital News Report, UK, OCLC   854746354 {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)

External links

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