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South Africa World News API

Get the live top world headlines from South Africa with our JSON API.

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API 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 7,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1e7da571414ebbefa568c07ff00fb047",
            "title": "SA accused of hypocrisy for exporting arms to military juntas, rights violators",
            "description": "The South African government has been accused of breaking its own laws and violating its commitments to “silencing the guns”, by selling arms to military juntas or states which are committing human rights abuses.",
            "content": "Instead of silencing the guns, South Africa is selling them, says the Southern Africa Litigation Centre.\nThe South African government has been accused of breaking its own laws and violating its commitments to “silencing the guns”, by selling arms to ... [9224 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-10-21-sa-accused-of-hypocrisy-for-exporting-arms-to-military-juntas-rights-violators/",
            "image": "https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/peterfab-NCACC-illicit-arms3-scaled.jpg?fit=1280%2C676&quality=89&ssl=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-22T03:06:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "014a1578e982d66b3e13de65ae3a28a6",
                "name": "Daily Maverick",
                "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c3bbc53e0ef79c5d990ebe1f8cdb268",
            "title": "M23 rebels plunder $70 million in gold from Congo mine",
            "description": "Rebels in eastern DRC have looted 500 kilograms of gold worth $70 million from Twangiza mine since its takeover in May. | Business Insider Africa",
            "content": "Rebels occupying the Twangiza gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have looted at least 500 kilograms of gold bullion, worth about $70 million, since seizing the site in May, the company said.\nThe mine, located in South Kivu provin... [1568 chars]",
            "url": "https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/m23-rebels-plunder-dollar70-million-in-gold-from-congo-mine/2n0snqy",
            "image": "https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/gmqktkpTURBXy80M2QwNTZhNjI3OTQyNjYzOGY2YzAyN2U2YWFhMTg0NC5qcGeSlQMALc0DIM0BwpMFzQSwzQJ2",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-21T21:39:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "00e8b3d988b9e44beed452c70bcbf59f",
                "name": "Business Insider Africa",
                "url": "https://africa.businessinsider.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e7e438c3fcd32ac9aded63a52bed147",
            "title": "Congo rebels loot $70M in gold from Twangiza mine",
            "description": "Rebels, helped by mine employees, have reportedly taken at least 500kg of gold since May, when the operation was seized.",
            "content": "Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining’s gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reportedly looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion, worth about $70 million at current prices, the company said.\nTwangiza claims that some of its o... [3033 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mining.com/congo-rebels-loot-70m-in-gold-from-twangiza-mine/",
            "image": "https://www.mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/twangiza.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-21T14:10:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "219686a5ce03d3e554707fc51516207d",
                "name": "Mining.com",
                "url": "https://www.mining.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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