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Is SABC News down in South Africa?

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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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Website checks — worldwide

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 SABC News website. Updated 5 Nov, 16:14 UTC, 5 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 sabcnews.com that failed (9,925 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 sabcnews.com

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

Our checks from 35 cities: all fine.

Port Louis: loaded in 4615 ms Sydney: loaded in 8299 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 6289 ms Toronto: loaded in 5610 ms Osaka: loaded in 7799 ms Singapore: loaded in 6840 ms Atlanta: loaded in 6217 ms Seoul: loaded in 6723 ms Hamina: loaded in 5492 ms Jakarta: loaded in 6722 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 4896 ms São Paulo: loaded in 7779 ms Dallas: loaded in 5852 ms Tel Aviv: loaded in 5787 ms Madrid: loaded in 5433 ms Hong Kong: loaded in 7642 ms Bangalore: loaded in 6691 ms Querétaro: loaded in 6106 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 5456 ms Delhi: loaded in 6786 ms Melbourne: loaded in 7065 ms Cape Town: loaded in 3404 ms New York: loaded in 5328 ms Warsaw: loaded in 5007 ms Seattle: loaded in 6324 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 5240 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 4127 ms Santiago: loaded in 7243 ms Mumbai: loaded in 6395 ms St. Louis: loaded in 6101 ms London: loaded in 4962 ms New Jersey: loaded in 6212 ms Doha: loaded in 4416 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 5239 ms Tokyo: loaded in 9136 ms
  • Port LouisReachable4615 ms, just now
  • SydneyReachable8299 ms, just now
  • Los AngelesReachable6289 ms, just now
  • TorontoReachable5610 ms, just now
  • OsakaReachable7799 ms, just now
  • SingaporeReachable6840 ms, just now
  • AtlantaReachable6217 ms, just now
  • SeoulReachable6723 ms, just now
  • HaminaReachable5492 ms, just now
  • JakartaReachable6722 ms, just now
  • PortsmouthReachable4896 ms, just now
  • São PauloReachable7779 ms, just now
  • DallasReachable5852 ms, just now
  • Tel AvivReachable5787 ms, just now
  • MadridReachable5433 ms, just now
  • Hong KongReachable7642 ms, just now
  • BangaloreReachable6691 ms, just now
  • QuerétaroReachable6106 ms, just now
  • LauterbourgReachable5456 ms, just now
  • DelhiReachable6786 ms, 1 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable7065 ms, 1 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable3404 ms, 1 min ago
  • New YorkReachable5328 ms, 1 min ago
  • WarsawReachable5007 ms, 1 min ago
  • SeattleReachable6324 ms, 1 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable5240 ms, 1 min ago
  • JohannesburgReachable4127 ms, 1 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable7243 ms, 5 min ago
  • MumbaiReachable6395 ms, 5 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable6101 ms, 5 min ago
  • LondonReachable4962 ms, 5 min ago
  • New JerseyReachable6212 ms, 5 min ago
  • DohaReachable4416 ms, 5 min ago
  • FrankfurtReachable5239 ms, 6 min ago
  • TokyoReachable9136 ms, 6 min ago

We request sabcnews.com 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 SABC News down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach SABC News'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 SABC News. We load sabcnews.com 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 SABC News website.

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