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
National publications
Beeld (in 5 of 9 provinces) Business Day City Press Daily Sun KwelaXpress Mail & Guardian News Everyday Naweek Beeld The New Age 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 FiND iT in Kimberley (FiND iT)
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
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