Wikipedia:Reliable South African Sources

The purpose of this Wikipedia article is to establish and consult South African Media Sources.

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Most Trusted News Sources


SA's top 10 trusted news brands
 * News24: 83%
 * BBC News: 81%
 * eNCA: 80%
 * SABC News: 79%
 * Sunday Times: 73%
 * Mail & Guardian: 70%
 * Regional or local newspaper: 70%
 * TimesLive: 69%
 * The Citizen: 68%
 * EWN (Eyewitness News): 68%

News Dources

 * GroundUp - Non-profit online news paper with a focus on local journalism
 * Moneyweb - Financial news source.
 * Daily Maverick - Features lots of commentary and analysis so be alert for that. Otherwise found to be reliable. Has been accused of anti-EFF bias by the EFF due to its coverage of corruption within the party. Quality of reporting by South African standards is high and is generally a highly regarded source.
 * Defence Web - Good source on African (specifically South African) defence related news.
 * Sunday Times - has published a number of notable exposes. They do sometimes get things wrong but do correct themselves when they do. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
 * Business Day - generally good but features a lot of opinion pieces and does not always fact check. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
 * Engineering News - Good source for information on technical subjects but does sometimes use unreliable news wire sources for some stories.
 * Mail and Guardian - generally relatively high quality but budget cuts have had a negative impact on quality. Tends to lean centre-left.
 * amaBhungane - Notable investigative journalism source.
 * Die Burger - Afrikaans language daily owned by Naspers.
 * Politicsweb - South African politics news aggregator similar to realclearpolitics.

Usable but be cautious
List of news sources that can be used but be alert
 * Biznews - Conservative orientation, tabloid, good to double check information.
 * BusinessLive - Daily online version with less fact checking and lower editorial standards than its parent publication of Business Day, double check info. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
 * Timeslive - Daily online version with less fact checking and lower editorial standards than its parent publication of the Sunday Times. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
 * IOL News (Cape Times/Cape Argus/ other Independent News Media sources) - usually okay for local (City to town level) news but has been accused of strong pro-ANC and pro-Chinese bias and poor quality journalism since 2013 buyout by Sekunjalo Investments.
 * News24 (website) - Naspers owned flagship news source, variable quality of information and pro-Naspers bias, tabloid, best to check information.
 * Eye Witness News - similar problems to News24, tabloid, can be unreliable at times but mostly reliable. Best to double check information.
 * Noseweek - Long running investigative journalism source similar to Private Eye. Best double check info as it is run as a tabloid.

Other sources

 * SA History Online - reliable source for a range of history related topics
 * Institute for Security Studies - does good research on security related topics in Africa.
 * Africa Check - fact checking organisation
 * Parliamentary Monitoring Group - reliable aggregator and repository of South African parliamentary activity such as biographies, speeches, public discussions and hearings.

Local

 * African News Updates
 * blackopinion.co.za
 * mzansitimes.com
 * Nationalnewsbulletin.com
 * News24-TV
 * Pretorialive
 * vuka.news

International (Known To Post SA Articles)

 * ab-tc.com [USA]
 * Abcnewgo.com [USA]
 * AfricaNewsUpdate.com
 * AfricanNewsUpdates.com
 * AllNews.co.za [USA]
 * AllNews1.com [USA]
 * AllReport.co.za [USA]
 * AllTheNews.co.za [USA]
 * ANewJerusalem.com
 * BestNews.co.za [USA]
 * BreeknuusZA.com [USA]
 * CitySun [USA]
 * DailySun.fun
 * Dodgysaministers.com [Bulgaria]
 * GautengPraise.com
 * Gossipmillsa.com - Gossip Mill Mzansi [USA]
 * hdnews24h.blogspot.com [USA]
 * Hinnews.com [USA]
 * Hinviral.com [USA]
 * iMzansi [USA]
 * Live Monitor [USA]
 * LiveReport.co.za [USA]
 * Lovejessy.com [Ukraine]
 * Mzansi LIVE [USA]
 * Mzansistories.com [USA]
 * Mzansistories.co.za [USA]
 * Mzansistories.inf [USA]
 * NationalNewsBulletin.com
 * News360.co.za [EU]
 * Newsatlast.com
 * Newsatlastsa.online [USA]
 * Newsdaily.co.za [Canada]
 * NewSoweto.co.za [USA]
 * Newspage.co.za [UK]
 * Newsupdatessa.site [USA] and Facebook Page
 * NewToilet.xyz [USA]
 * Nusa.site [USA]
 * Operanewsapp.com [USA]
 * Sanews247.blogspot.co.za [USA]
 * Sa-news.com [USA]
 * Satirenews.co.za [USA]
 * Southafricabuzz.co.za [USA]
 * South Africa Latest News [UK]
 * SouthAfricaToday.net [USA]
 * SouthAfricaUncut.com [USA]
 * Southern Daily [USA]
 * Sultrysource.com [USA]
 * TheReports.co.za
 * TimesOfBotswana.com
 * Timesl1ve.co.za [USA]
 * Trendsdaily.co.za [USA]
 * Tumfweko.com [USA]
 * The-watchdog.wixsite.com [USA]
 * ucrtv.com [USA]
 * Wmcleaks.com [USA]
 * Worldwatch.site [USA]
 * Xpouzar.com [USA]
 * ZANews.xyz