List of newspapers in South Africa

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Frontpage of "Die Afrikaanse Patriot" (1876), a newspaper in an early form of the Afrikaans language Afrikaanse Patriot.jpg
Frontpage of "Die Afrikaanse Patriot" (1876), a newspaper in an early form of the Afrikaans language

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.

Contents

Newspapers by circulation

NewspaperPublisherLanguageCirculation (Q2 2013) [3]
Sunday Times Times Media Group English368,974
Daily Sun Media24English287,222
Rapport Media24 Afrikaans 192,293
Sunday Sun Media24English170,843
Sunday World Fundudzi MediaEnglish123,515
City Press Media24English119,959
Isolezwe INMSA Zulu 110,753
Ilanga IndependentZulu107,102
The Sowetan Times Media GroupEnglish95,068
Die Son (daily)Media24Afrikaans91,735
Isolezwe ngeSonto INMSAZulu91,359
The Star INMSAEnglish80,303
Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo INMSAZulu79,874
Die Burger (Saturday)Media24Afrikaans72,788
Sunday Tribune INMSAEnglish70,312
The Saturday Star INMSAEnglish63,844
Beeld (daily)Media24Afrikaans63,016
Beeld (Saturday)Media24Afrikaans59,317
Ilanga Langesonto IndependentZulu59,152
Die Burger (daily)Media24Afrikaans57,696
Weekend Argus INMSAEnglish55,731
Son op Sondag Media24Afrikaans54,367
The Times Times Media GroupEnglish50,236
The Citizen (daily) Caxton English49,731
Independent on Saturday INMSAEnglish41,645
Mail & Guardian IndependentEnglish41,116
Johannesburg Times Canvas Media English37 911
Sondag Media24Afrikaans32,867
Cape Times INMSAEnglish32,428
Sunday Independent INMSAEnglish30,842
Cape Argus INMSAEnglish30,310
Daily News INMSAEnglish29,385
The Mercury INMSAEnglish28,396
The Citizen (Saturday)CaxtonEnglish28,145
Business Day Times Media GroupEnglish26,300
Daily Dispatch Times Media GroupEnglish25,748
The Herald Times Media GroupEnglish20,962
Weekend Post Times Media GroupEnglish20,778
Saturday Dispatch Times Media GroupEnglish20,117
Volksblad (daily)Media24Afrikaans19,949
Weekend Witness Media24English19,035
Volksblad (Saturday)Media24Afrikaans17,988
The Witness Media24English17,151
Laudium Sun NismediaEnglish16,000
Pretoria News INMSAEnglish14,393
Pretoria News (Saturday)INMSAEnglish8,814
News Everyday (daily)IndependentEnglish & Afrikaans
Briefly News LegitEnglish
Celeb Gossip News South Africa Celeb GossipEnglish
Mzansi Magazine Warten Weg English 24,692
Forever Yena Newspaper Warten Weg English 18,393

National publications

Publications by province

Mpumalanga

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Free State

Northern Cape

Eastern Cape

Western Cape

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.

Limpopo

Mpumalanga


North West

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Free State

  • Bloemnuus
  • Bloemfontein Courant
  • Kasi News
  • Kroonnuus
  • Maluti
  • Masilonyana News
  • Ons Stad
  • Vista
  • Vrystaat

Northern Cape

Eastern Cape

  • Aliwal News/Nuus
  • Barkly East Reporter
  • Grocott's Mail

Western Cape

  • Atlantic Sun
  • Bolander
  • Breederivier Gazette
  • City Vision
  • Constantiaberg Bulletin
  • CXpress
  • Die Courant
  • Die Hoorn
  • DistrictMail
  • Eikestad Nuus
  • George Herald
  • Helderberg Gazette
  • Hermanus Times
  • Idinga
  • Knysna-Plett Herald
  • Mossell Bay Advertiser
  • Oudtshoorn Courant
  • Overberg Venster
  • Paarl Post
  • People's Post
  • Southern Suburbs Tatler
  • Suid-Kaap Forum
  • Swartland Gazette
  • The Edge
  • TygerBurger [30]
  • Tygertalk [31]
  • Village News
  • Weslander

Defunct

These newspapers are no longer published.

See also

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