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Reports from people in South Africa

Last 24 hours · South Africa · times in UTC

0 reports

No community reports in the last 24 hours from South Africa. This does not prove the service is working. If you have a problem, report it here.

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Reports per 15 minutes. A flat chart means no reports, not proof that everything works.

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The evidence below covers the provider and our available checks. It is not a separate verdict for South Africa. The report chart above is filtered to South Africa.

Our checks can reach the Mail and Guardian website. Updated 5 Nov, 16:20 UTC, 2 min ago · Website checks: these do not test every feature Website reachability does not confirm that sign-in, payments, messaging or the app is working. No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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Reports describe people's experiences. One report alone does not confirm an outage.

Last 9030 days

100.00% of the time without a reported outage, since 4 Nov

Of the last 90 days, 0 had a partial or major outage, 0 had maintenance only and 88 have no data. Recent problems are listed in a table further down.

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Last 24 hours

Every 15 minutes, hours in UTC

Bars: the share of our own checks of mg.co.za that failed (9,809 checks). Our checks showed no problem in this time. Community reports appear separately above, alongside our checks and provider updates.

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Our own checks of mg.co.za

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

Our checks from 35 cities: all fine.

Mumbai: loaded in 90 ms Tel Aviv: loaded in 191 ms Tokyo: loaded in 314 ms Santiago: loaded in 205 ms Seoul: loaded in 162 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 147 ms New Jersey: loaded in 379 ms Melbourne: loaded in 151 ms Bangalore: loaded in 578 ms Madrid: loaded in 94 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 188 ms Warsaw: loaded in 113 ms Singapore: loaded in 514 ms Osaka: loaded in 84 ms Toronto: loaded in 119 ms Doha: loaded in 554 ms St. Louis: loaded in 311 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 206 ms London: loaded in 102 ms São Paulo: loaded in 142 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 72 ms Seattle: loaded in 285 ms Sydney: loaded in 124 ms New York: loaded in 106 ms Port Louis: loaded in 325 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 173 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 104 ms Cape Town: loaded in 170 ms Dallas: loaded in 157 ms Querétaro: loaded in 184 ms Jakarta: loaded in 187 ms Hong Kong: loaded in 128 ms Delhi: loaded in 107 ms Atlanta: loaded in 82 ms Hamina: loaded in 176 ms
  • MumbaiReachable90 ms, 3 min ago
  • Tel AvivReachable191 ms, 3 min ago
  • TokyoReachable314 ms, 3 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable205 ms, 3 min ago
  • SeoulReachable162 ms, 3 min ago
  • LauterbourgReachable147 ms, 3 min ago
  • New JerseyReachable379 ms, 3 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable151 ms, 3 min ago
  • BangaloreReachable578 ms, 3 min ago
  • MadridReachable94 ms, 3 min ago
  • PortsmouthReachable188 ms, 3 min ago
  • WarsawReachable113 ms, 3 min ago
  • SingaporeReachable514 ms, 3 min ago
  • OsakaReachable84 ms, 3 min ago
  • TorontoReachable119 ms, 3 min ago
  • DohaReachable554 ms, 3 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable311 ms, 4 min ago
  • Los AngelesReachable206 ms, 4 min ago
  • LondonReachable102 ms, 4 min ago
  • São PauloReachable142 ms, 4 min ago
  • JohannesburgReachable72 ms, 4 min ago
  • SeattleReachable285 ms, 4 min ago
  • SydneyReachable124 ms, 4 min ago
  • New YorkReachable106 ms, 4 min ago
  • Port LouisReachable325 ms, 4 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable173 ms, 4 min ago
  • FrankfurtReachable104 ms, 4 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable170 ms, 4 min ago
  • DallasReachable157 ms, 4 min ago
  • QuerétaroReachable184 ms, 4 min ago
  • JakartaReachable187 ms, 4 min ago
  • Hong KongReachable128 ms, 4 min ago
  • DelhiReachable107 ms, 5 min ago
  • AtlantaReachable82 ms, 5 min ago
  • HaminaReachable176 ms, 5 min ago

We request mg.co.za and note whether it answers. These automated checks do not sign in or use the app's features.

Available evidence

We check whether its website loads every 5 minutes. This does not test sign-in, payments, calls or every feature of its app or network. We show a website problem when a quarter of the eligible places cannot load it, and an outage when half cannot. Places that normally cannot reach it are excluded. With too few results, we say we cannot tell.

Recent problems

No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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Is Mail and Guardian down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach Mail and Guardian's website from most of our cities. This does not rule out problems with sign-in, payments, an app or a local network. Check the community reports above and report your experience.

How do we know?

No official status feed is connected for Mail and Guardian. We load mg.co.za from our probes and note whether it answers. People can report problems here. Their reports appear separately and may reveal issues before a provider update.

How often do we check?

The website every 5 minutes, day and night. We keep 90 days of available check history: a day we have no reading for shows as "no data yet", never as working.

Our own checks of the Mail and Guardian website.

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