South Africa Business News API

Get the live top business headlines from South Africa with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top business headlines from South Africa. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=business&country=za&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=business" \
  --data-urlencode "country=za" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "business", "country": "za", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "business",
    country: "za",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "business",
    "country"  => "za",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=business&country=za&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 13106,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "adc2db481de7a00d5504751eee2f6451",
            "title": "Lotto and Lotto Plus results: Wednesday, 14 October 2026 [WATCH]",
            "description": "A total of R12.9 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 14 October 2026.",
            "content": "Get the Lotto and Lotto Plus results as soon as they are drawn on The Citizen, so you can rest easy and check your tickets with confidence.\nEstimated Lotto and Lotto jackpots for Wednesday, 14 October2026:\nLotto: R4.5 million\nLotto Plus 1: R6.3 milli... [1198 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/lotto/lotto-and-lotto-plus-results-wednesday-14-october-2026-watch/",
            "image": "https://media.citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Lotto-and-Lotto-Plus-results-Wednesday-14-October-2026.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:18:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
                "name": "The Citizen",
                "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "400cf4c49225fdb660f732c035e348bf",
            "title": "2026 GWM Haval H7: South African launch date confirmed",
            "description": "GWM has confirmed when the new Haval H7 will launch in South Africa. Here's when the next generation will arrive in our market...",
            "content": "GWM has confirmed the launch date for the new Haval H7 in South Africa. Here’s when the next generation will arrive in our market.\nGWM’s local arm has revealed when the new Haval H7 will make its official South African debut. Although local pricing a... [2307 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.carmag.co.za/news/new-models/2026-gwm-haval-h7-south-african-launch-date-confirmed/",
            "image": "https://images.carmag.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Haval-H7-HEV-front.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T15:00:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c3ee2333b138c1871569eccb62098e99",
                "name": "Carmag South Africa",
                "url": "https://www.carmag.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24f425ed3f1cb627e86ade30f29fdc71",
            "title": "Breaking: US Consumer Price Index rose to 3.7% YoY in September",
            "description": "The United States had an annual inflation rate of 3.7% in September when tracked by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), up from August’s 3.4% increase, as revealed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Wednesday. In addition, these figures came in above the market forecast.",
            "content": "The United States had an annual inflation rate of 3.7% in September when tracked by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), up from August’s 3.4% increase, as revealed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Wednesday. In addition, these figures came i... [6912 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.fxstreet.com/news/us-cpi-data-expected-to-rise-in-september-as-markets-reassess-fed-rate-outlook-202610140830",
            "image": "https://editorial.fxsstatic.com/images/i/Breaking-news_Medium.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T12:34:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b1ee659451f40d0b1efa1147cff10da",
                "name": "FXStreet",
                "url": "https://www.fxstreet.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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