South Africa Entertainment News API

Get the live top entertainment 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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This request returns the current top entertainment 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=entertainment&country=za&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=entertainment" \
  --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": "entertainment", "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: "entertainment",
    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" => "entertainment",
    "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=entertainment&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": 10176,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2a356b1cab0b53944e4e1bd831dfbaa7",
            "title": "Abundance & Luck Arrive For 4 Zodiac Signs On Wednesday, November 4",
            "description": "Abundance and luck are incoming for Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn zodiac signs on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, according to astrologer Aria Gmitter.",
            "content": "A very special event is happening in the sky on November 4 that gives four zodiac signs incredible power to attract abundance and luck. Mercury retrograde meets the Sun in Scorpio on Wednesday, creating what's called a Cazimi.\nMercury rules communica... [3251 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yourtango.com/zodiac/zodiac-signs-abundance-luck-november-4-2026",
            "image": "https://www.yourtango.com/sites/default/files/image_blog/2026-11/zodiac-signs-abundance-luck-november-4-2026_0.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T18:06:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "592f9c8ecb5f56727f31237bafbf5a54",
                "name": "YourTango",
                "url": "https://www.yourtango.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bf8377c52a6fabd6462ac4813df66292",
            "title": "Adobe partners with Universal and Warner to bring licensed music to Premiere mobile, its free video editing app",
            "description": "The partnerships, announced on Tuesday (November 3), will let users add up to 60 seconds of a track to a video…",
            "content": "Adobe has partnered with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to bring licensed music into its Premiere mobile video editing app.\nThe partnerships, announced on Tuesday (November 3), will let users add up to 60 seconds of a track to a video.\n... [3683 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adobe-partners-with-universal-and-warner-to-bring-licensed-music-to-premiere-mobile-its-free-video-editing-app/",
            "image": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/files/2026/11/Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-14.55.53-e1793717776266.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T14:58:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d4474ce8f8a30e39a05b9b2fa6f1dcf4",
                "name": "Music Business Worldwide",
                "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6e56ea24bad4efe60602981cfc43b42f",
            "title": "'I feel kidnapped': Dirco steps in as Makhadzi documents Botswana ordeal",
            "description": "Makhadzi says her passport, car and belongings were taken after a show in Botswana. Dirco says it is attending to the matter, while promoter Gilbert Seagile has issued a legal notice.",
            "content": "South African star Makhadzi, real name Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona, said she is stuck in Botswana after someone took her passport, vehicle, and belongings following a show.\nShe made the allegations in a video that spread rapidly on social media on Tuesda... [3026 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/lifestyle/entertainment/dirco-steps-in-as-makhadzi-documents-botswana-ordeal/",
            "image": "https://media.citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Makhadzi-botswana-dirco.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T11:28:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
                "name": "The Citizen",
                "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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