South African Newspapers, Television & Radio
MEDIA
Newspapers in South Africa
A typical South African scene is the newspapermen selling daily
papers to commuters at traffic light intersections. Most regional
newspapers are published daily in English or Afrikaans along with
national weeklies:
Local newspapers are great to find out about entertainment and events. Cape Town’s local newspapers are the Cape Times & the Argus. Durban produces the Daily News and Natal Mercury. Johannesburg brings out the Star and the Sowetan.
International newspapers and publications are available at upmarket hotels and can be bought at certain newsagents.
Magazines In South Africa
South Africa has a numerous and rapidly growing assortment of local
and international magazines covering travel, sport, wildlife, outdoor,
health, fashion, food and photographic interests.
Radio in South Africa
Radio in South Africa is thriving thanks to deregulation of the
airwaves. The popularity and effectiveness of radio as a means of
communicating can also be attributed to widespread illiteracy and
poverty. A growing number of dynamic new stations are sprouting to
satisfy the demand for this medium.
A national radio station for each of the eleven official languages is run by the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation).
Most of South Africa's popular radio stations are now available
online, so you can log on to all the local music, news and talk
worldwide and tune in for live streaming radio.
» SAfm
» English language station that has excellent morning and evening news.
John Perlman's After Eight Debate is always worthwhile listening to.
Renowned South Africans are brought into the studio to discuss
interesting news events.
» MuthaFM
» Funky underground radio station founded by legendary Cape Town dance
DJ’s and has achieved something of a cult status. Michael Martin
aka Indidginus 
can be heard playing a set from time to time... It’s currently
streaming live with vibrant new house, break beat, drum 'n bass,
trance, soul, funk, raga, electro, trip hop and lounge!
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» 5FM » Trendy nationwide youth-oriented pop station.
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» MetroFM
» The largest national commercial station in South Africa, aimed at
black urban adults, it features current international music like
hip-hop, R&B, kwaito and more.
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» Yfm
» South Africa’s most popular youth station, the funky voice of Kwaito
and the 'Y Generation'. Their self-imposed 50 percent local music quota
promises more local tunes than any other radio station in the country.
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» 567 Cape Talk
» Cape Town's first talk radio station, sister to 702 Talk Radio. Tune
in to all the news, views, sport, weather, traffic and chit-chat you
need in Cape Town.
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» 702 Talk Radio » Johannesburg's top news and information station, offering lots of heated phone-in debate.
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» BBC World Service » Foreign Broadcasters can be tuned in on shortwave. Tune into the Africa Service on BBC World Service for some great programmes.
Television in South Africa
» The SABC
(South African Broadcasting Corporation) has a tricky task juggling the
eleven official South African languages between three channels. SABC 1,
2 & 3 air a motley assortment of news, soaps, local dramas, game
shows and documentaries along with a few foreign imports.
» The private channel E-TV airs mostly imports.
» Mnet also airs imports with the addition of sports, news and specialist channels, provided in most hotels.
» Multichoice is the digital satellite TV service (DStv) offering a wide range of international channels.