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South Africa Nation News API
Get the live top nation headlines from South Africa with our JSON API.
Get API key for the South Africa Nation News APIAPI Demonstration
This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from South Africa.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=za&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 1151,
"articles": [
{
"id": "344b86e3a0c6c31d23c39c3857cf7e57",
"title": "Ndimande brothers charged with South African rapper's death after Eswatini extradition",
"description": "The Ndimande brothers returned after a lengthy battle to block their extradition from Eswatini.",
"content": "Two brothers have been charged with the murder of South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as \"AKA\", following their extradition from neighbouring Eswatini.\nSiyabonga and Malusi Ndimande were brought back to the country after the failure ... [928 chars]",
"url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2edq4658ro",
"image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3580/live/cdb95010-bf9d-11f0-a4d4-0bd122f79fe9.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2025-11-12T08:25:54Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
"name": "BBC",
"url": "https://www.bbc.com"
}
},
{
"id": "b940eaf6742c82e1ccb3d85ef8c4f314",
"title": "‘It’s like we’re powerless, watching criminals take over SA’: Batohi",
"description": "National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has told Parliament South Africa is not winning the fight against organised crime.",
"content": "National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has told Parliament there have been concerted attempts to compromise her and her colleagues. She also said South Africa is not winning the fight against organised crime.\n“Our crime is ravaging o... [8846 chars]",
"url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-11-12-its-like-were-powerless-watching-criminals-take-over-sa-batohi/",
"image": "https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/batohi-parli-caryn-copy.jpg?fit=1280%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1",
"publishedAt": "2025-11-12T07:30:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "014a1578e982d66b3e13de65ae3a28a6",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
}
},
{
"id": "fec5243036fa9ba828315bc89053ec35",
"title": "‘We need to move faster’ on land expropriation, says Mashatile",
"description": "Mashatile told the National Assembly on Tuesday that expropriation would be conducted using the provisions of the Act",
"content": "Deputy President Paul Mashatile has stated in no uncertain terms that land expropriation is a long-term project that the government is committed to.\nMashatile was answering questions during a plenary session in the National Assembly, where he address... [3954 chars]",
"url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/we-need-to-move-faster-land-expropriation-mashatile/",
"image": "https://media.citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mashatile.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2025-11-12T06:43:06Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
"name": "The Citizen",
"url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
}
}
]
}