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, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. 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. Print media accounts for about 19.3% of the R34.4bn of advertising money spent in the country.

National publications

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Publications by province

[Mpumalanga]

  • Bulletin
  • Ermelo Insight/Ermelo Insig
  • Excelsior News
  • Highvelder
  • Kasi Express Community Newspaper
  • News Everyday
  • Ridge Times
  • Standerton Advertiser
  • Witbank News
  • Ziwaphi
  • ''013NEWS''

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

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Free State

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
  • Weekend Argus
  • Weskusnuus
  • Weslander
  • ''Worcester Standard''

Student/university publications

Online only publications

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Regional/community publications

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

Eastern Cape

Defunct

These newspapers are no longer published.