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.
Newspapers by circulation Newspaper Publisher Language Circulation (Q2 2013) Sunday Times Arena Holdings English 368,974 Daily Sun Media24 English 287,222 Rapport Media24 Afrikaans 192,293 Sunday Sun Media24 English 170,843 Sunday World Fundudzi Media English 123,515 City Press Media24 English 119,959 Isolezwe INMSA Zulu 110,753 Ilanga Independent Zulu 107,102 The Sowetan Arena Holdings English 95,068 Die Son (daily) Media24 Afrikaans 91,735 Isolezwe ngeSonto INMSA Zulu 91,359 The Star INMSA English 80,303 Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo INMSA Zulu 79,874 Die Burger (Saturday) Media24 Afrikaans 72,788 Sunday Tribune INMSA English 70,312 The Saturday Star INMSA English 63,844 Beeld (daily) Media24 Afrikaans 63,016 Beeld (Saturday) Media24 Afrikaans 59,317 Ilanga Langesonto Independent Zulu 59,152 Die Burger (daily) Media24 Afrikaans 57,696 Weekend Argus INMSA English 55,731 Son op Sondag Media24 Afrikaans 54,367 The Times Arena Holdings English 50,236 The Citizen (daily) Caxton English 49,731 Independent on Saturday INMSA English 41,645 Mail & Guardian Independent English 41,116 Johannesburg Times Canvas Media English 37 911 Sondag Media24 Afrikaans 32,867 Cape Times INMSA English 32,428 Sunday Independent INMSA English 30,842 Cape Argus INMSA English 30,310 Daily News INMSA English 29,385 The Mercury INMSA English 28,396 The Citizen (Saturday) Caxton English 28,145 Business Day Arena Holdings English 26,300 Daily Dispatch Arena Holdings English 25,748 The Herald Arena Holdings English 20,962 Weekend Post Arena Holdings English 20,778 Saturday Dispatch Arena Holdings English 20,117 Volksblad (daily) Media24 Afrikaans 19,949 Weekend Witness Media24 English 19,035 Volksblad (Saturday) Media24 Afrikaans 17,988 The Witness Media24 English 17,151 Laudium Sun Nismedia English 16,000 Pretoria News INMSA English 14,393 Pretoria News (Saturday) INMSA English 8,814
National publications
Beeld (in 5 of 9 provinces) Business Day City Press Daily Maverick Daily Sun KwelaXpress Mail & Guardian Naweek Beeld Rapport Soccer Laduma Sondag (in 6 of 9 provinces) The Sowetan Sunday Independent Sunday Sun Forever Yena Newspaper Sunday Times Sunday World The Teacher Townpress Mzansi Magazine Vuk'uzenzele The Zimbabwean The Life News (South African Digital Newspaper)
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 The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Lenasia City Mag The Citizen The Fordsburg Independent Newspaper The Joburg Times Rekord Mapepeza Community Newspaper (multilingual black-owned press) The Jozi Chronicle The Laudium Sun The Lenasia Sun Pretoria News Pretoria News Weekend The Saturday Star Sowetan Spotlight News (Gauteng Provincial monthly newspaper) The Star Super Saturday Citizen tame TIMES The Times Townpress Newspaper
KwaZulu-Natal Mzansi Magazine The Daily News Ilanga Ilanga langeSonto The Independent on Saturday Isolezwe Isolezwe ngeSonto Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo The Mercury Forever Yena Newspaper Post The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Chatsworth The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Overport The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - North Coast The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Merebank The Rising Sun Community Newspapers - Mid South Coast Sunday Tribune Tabloid Media UmAfrika Weekend Witness The Witness The Zululand Observer Isambane News
Free State Arts Ya Rona Free State Central News DumelangNews Express Free State News Free State Sun Free State Times Indigo mag Issue The Media News Saterdag Volksblad The Sports Eye Volksblad Vista The Weekly
Northern Cape Diamond Fields Advertiser (DFA) Postmasburg Register
Eastern Cape Daily Dispatch and the Saturday Dispatch Go! & Express Grocott's Mail I'solezwe lesiXhosa The Herald UD Newspaper Weekend Post Graaff-Reinet Advertiser "Graaff-Reinet Advertiser"
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 (Saturday edition) Weekend Argus (Sunday edition) Weskusnuus Weslander Worcester Standard
Limpopo Limpopo Mirror
Student/university publications
The Conduit - Durban University of Technology IRAWA Post - University of the Free State Journalismiziko - Durban University of Technology Die Matie - University of Stellenbosch NMMYou - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Nux - University of KwaZulu Natal PDBY - University of Pretoria Speculum - Central University of Technology, Free State UJ Observer - University of Johannesburg Varsity - University of Cape Town Wapad - North-West University Vuvuzela - University of the Witwatersrand
Online only publications
AMC ANC Today The Continent FiND iT Newssnatch The South African The Daily VOX EBNewsDaily Eyewitness News Saffarazzi News Forever Yena Newspaper GroundUp (news agency) Indian Spice Mamba Online Maroela Media MatieMedia - University of Stellenbosch Mayihlome News SurgeZirc SA News Everyday Property Wheel News
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
Northern Cape
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Defunct These newspapers are no longer published.
See also Media of South Africa List of South African media Xhosa language newspapers South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF)
References
Bibliography
External links
Contact directory: media contacts, South African Government communications News and media, South African Government information SAARF website
South Africa Newspapers and Africa News
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