List of newspapers in South Africa

This is a list of newspapers in South Africa.

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

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 PublisherLanguageCirculation (Q2 2013)[3]
City MagCity Awards ManagementEnglish200,000
Sunday TimesTimes Media GroupEnglish368,974
Daily SunMedia24English287,222
RapportMedia24Afrikaans192,293
Sunday SunMedia24English170,843
Sunday WorldFundudzi MediaEnglish123,515
City PressMedia24English119,959
IsolezweINMSAZulu110,753
IlangaIndependentZulu107,102
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
Pretoria News (Saturday)INMSAEnglish8,814
News Everyday (daily)IndependentEnglish & Afrikaans
Celeb Gossip News South AfricaCeleb GossipEnglish
Mzansi Magazine Warten Weg English 24,692
Forever Yena Newspaper Warten Weg English 18,393

National publications

Publications by province

Mpumalanga
  • 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[5]
  • The Sports Eye[12]
  • Volksblad
  • Vista
  • The Weekly

Northern Cape

Eastern Cape

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/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

References
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  12. "The Sports Eye Website". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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  14. "Weekend Post". Times Media Group. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  15. "Graaff-Reinet Advertiser"
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