List of newspapers in South Africa

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. 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)
City Mag City Awards Management English 200,000
Sunday Times Times Media Group 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 Times Media Group 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 Times Media Group 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 Times Media Group English 26,300
Daily Dispatch Times Media Group English 25,748
The Herald Times Media Group English 20,962
Weekend Post Times Media Group English 20,778
Saturday Dispatch Times Media Group 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
News Everyday (daily) Independent English & Afrikaans
Celeb Gossip News South Africa Celeb Gossip English
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

  • 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

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

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 (Saturday edition)
  • Weekend Argus (Sunday edition)
  • 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

  • Gemsbok
  • Kuruman Bulletin
  • Noordkaap

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
  • Tygertalk
  • Village News
  • Weslander

Defunct

These newspapers are no longer published.

See also