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. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 13632,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "da83f34d8f912d80cefdce4610f9ec26",
            "title": "Daily Lotto results: Tuesday, 3 November 2026",
            "description": "A R500 000 jackpot is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto results for 3 November 2026.",
            "content": "Get the Daily Lotto results as soon as they are drawn on The Citizen, so you can rest easy and check your tickets with confidence.\nEstimated Daily Lotto jackpot for Tuesday, 3 November 2026:\nDaily Lotto: R500 000\nDaily Lotto results for 3 November 20... [1351 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/lotto/daily-lotto-results-tuesday-3-november-2026/",
            "image": "https://media.citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Daily-Lotto-results-Tuesday-2026-1200x800-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T18:40:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
                "name": "The Citizen",
                "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e516d9b6f3b4d2dc6ae008b6b31010a9",
            "title": "PowerBall and PowerBall Xtra results: Tuesday, 3 November 2026 [WATCH]",
            "description": "R48 million in jackpots are up for grabs! Here are your PowerBall and PowerBall Xtra results for 3 November 2026.",
            "content": "Get the PowerBall and PowerBall Xtra results as soon as they are drawn on The Citizen, so you can rest easy and check your tickets with confidence.\nEstimated jackpots for Tuesday, 3 November 2026:\nPowerBall jackpot: R45 million guaranteed.\nPowerBall ... [1103 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/lotto/powerball-and-powerball-xtra-results-tuesday-3-november-2026-watch/",
            "image": "https://media.citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/PowerBall-and-PowerBall-Xtra-results-Tuesday-3-November-2026.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T18:30:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
                "name": "The Citizen",
                "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4c07812db869cf779f995eef8425b4ed",
            "title": "Sporty new Toyota Hilux GR-S confirmed for South Africa",
            "description": "Andrew Kirby, President and CEO of Toyota South Africa Motors, has confirmed that a new Toyota Hilux GR-S will arrive in 2027.",
            "content": "Andrew Kirby, President and CEO of Toyota South Africa Motors, has confirmed that a new Toyota Hilux GR-S will arrive in 2027.\nThe big news broke during an interview by cars.co.za with the head of Toyota South Africa Motors at Naamsa’s SA Auto Week 2... [2439 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/motoring/sporty-new-toyota-hilux-gr-s/",
            "image": "https://media.citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/toyota-hilux-grs-front.closeup.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T15:00:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
                "name": "The Citizen",
                "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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