List of South African mass media
The following is a list of South African media, including newspapers, television stations, radio stations and various alternative media.
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Newspapers
National
- Beeld (5 of 9 provinces)
- Business Day
- Daily Sun
- Mail & Guardian
- Rapport (unavailable in KwaZulu-Natal)
- Sowetan
- Sunday Independent
- Sunday Times
- Sunday Sun
- Sunday World
Eastern Cape
Free state
Northern Cape
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
- The Daily News
- Ilanga langeSonto
- Ilanga laseNatali
- Isolezwe'
- Isolezwe ngeSonto
- The Mercury
- Post
- The Saturday Independent
- Sunday Tribune (South Africa) Sunday Tribune
- UmAfrika
- Weekend Witness
- The Witness
Western Cape
- Die Burger
- Cape Argus
- Cape Times
- Daily Voice
- Die Son
- The Sunday Argus
- Weekend Argus
- Vukani, a weekly newspaper in the Cape Flats, including Khayelitsha, Langa and Gugulethu.
Online only
Regional Papers
These newspapers only serve small regions, towns, communities within larger cities or have a small circulation.
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Student
- Activate - Rhodes University
- The Conduit - Durban University of Technology
- Irawa - University of the Free State
- Die Matie - University of Stellenbosch
- Nux - University of KwaZulu Natal
- Oppidan Press - Rhodes University
- Perdeby - University of Pretoria
- Varsity - University of Cape Town
- Vuvuzela - University of the Witwatersrand [3]
- Wapad - North-West University, Potchefstroom [4]
Defunct
These newspapers are no longer published.
- Die Transvaler
- Die Vaderland
- Hoofstad
- New Nation (South Africa)
- Nova
- Oggendblad
- Oosterlig
- Rand Daily Mail
- South
- The Friend
- ThisDay
- Vrye Weekblad
- New African
- Weekend Mirror
Television broadcasters
Terrestrial television channels
Direct-to-home satellite broadcasters
New satellite broadcasting licencees (not yet operational)
New IPTV licencees (not yet operational)
Radio stations
National
- Ukhozi FM 90.80/91.55(4 out of 9 provinces) *biggest radio station in South Africa with SAARF Amps-certified 6.5 million listeners as of February 2009. see SAARF Amps 2008.
- Metro FM
- Umhlobo Wenene FM (8 out of 9 provinces)
- Lesedi FM 5 out of 9 provinces)
- 5FM
- SAfm
Eastern Cape
- Tru FM
Gauteng
- 94.7 Highveld Stereo
- Jacaranda 94.2
- Kaya FM
- Talk Radio 702
- YFM
- Jozi FM *biggest cmmunity radion station in South Africa broadcasting for the communiy of Soweto with an over-spil into Johannesburg CBD.
KwaZulu-Natal
Western Cape
- 567 Cape Talk
- Bush Radio
- Fine Music Radio
- Good Hope FM
- Kfm - 94.5
- P4 104.9
- UCT Radio
- MFM 92.6(Stellenbosch University Radio)
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
North-West
Street newspapers
- Big Issue
- Homeless talk, a small newspaper produced in Johannesburg. Content is largely about the plight of the homeless. On sale at selected shops and most traffic lights in Johannesburg.[5]
Alternative Media
- Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shackdwellers movement has various online and print media written by and relating to issues in their communities
- South African Civil Society Information Service, a distribution service for alternative viewpoints
- Khayelitsha Struggles - a blog distributing media relating ot the township of Khayelitsha.
- The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign in Cape Town to propigates alternative viewpoints from and relating to its organised communities