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Is Sowetan 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 Sowetan website. Updated 5 Nov, 15:50 UTC, 8 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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  1. Compare reports from South Africa and check the latest update above. A quiet chart does not rule out a new or local problem.
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  3. Report a problem with the feature that is failing and the country where you are affected. Submit once; your report appears in the chart.

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 sowetanlive.co.za that failed (9,857 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 sowetanlive.co.za

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

Our checks from 35 cities: all fine.

Dallas: loaded in 5083 ms New Jersey: loaded in 2076 ms Toronto: loaded in 508 ms St. Louis: loaded in 523 ms São Paulo: loaded in 1464 ms Bangalore: loaded in 766 ms Seoul: loaded in 2542 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 2792 ms Jakarta: loaded in 1720 ms Hong Kong: loaded in 1043 ms Cape Town: loaded in 808 ms Osaka: loaded in 1089 ms Singapore: loaded in 1188 ms Tel Aviv: loaded in 908 ms Warsaw: loaded in 278 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 136 ms Querétaro: loaded in 1568 ms Tokyo: loaded in 2683 ms Atlanta: loaded in 774 ms Sydney: loaded in 1375 ms Doha: loaded in 1171 ms Seattle: loaded in 1099 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 1050 ms Madrid: loaded in 256 ms London: loaded in 191 ms New York: loaded in 476 ms Melbourne: loaded in 1420 ms Santiago: loaded in 1775 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 258 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 157 ms Hamina: loaded in 452 ms Mumbai: loaded in 1215 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 1166 ms Port Louis: loaded in 2222 ms Delhi: loaded in 1891 ms
  • DallasReachable5083 ms, just now
  • New JerseyReachable2076 ms, just now
  • TorontoReachable508 ms, 1 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable523 ms, 1 min ago
  • São PauloReachable1464 ms, 1 min ago
  • BangaloreReachable766 ms, 1 min ago
  • SeoulReachable2542 ms, 1 min ago
  • LauterbourgReachable2792 ms, 1 min ago
  • JakartaReachable1720 ms, 1 min ago
  • Hong KongReachable1043 ms, 1 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable808 ms, 1 min ago
  • OsakaReachable1089 ms, 1 min ago
  • SingaporeReachable1188 ms, 2 min ago
  • Tel AvivReachable908 ms, 2 min ago
  • WarsawReachable278 ms, 2 min ago
  • FrankfurtReachable136 ms, 2 min ago
  • QuerétaroReachable1568 ms, 2 min ago
  • TokyoReachable2683 ms, 2 min ago
  • AtlantaReachable774 ms, 2 min ago
  • SydneyReachable1375 ms, 2 min ago
  • DohaReachable1171 ms, 2 min ago
  • SeattleReachable1099 ms, 2 min ago
  • Los AngelesReachable1050 ms, 2 min ago
  • MadridReachable256 ms, 2 min ago
  • LondonReachable191 ms, 2 min ago
  • New YorkReachable476 ms, 2 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable1420 ms, 2 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable1775 ms, 2 min ago
  • PortsmouthReachable258 ms, 2 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable157 ms, 3 min ago
  • HaminaReachable452 ms, 3 min ago
  • MumbaiReachable1215 ms, 3 min ago
  • JohannesburgReachable1166 ms, 3 min ago
  • Port LouisReachable2222 ms, 3 min ago
  • DelhiReachable1891 ms, 3 min ago

We request sowetanlive.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 Sowetan down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach Sowetan'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 Sowetan. We load sowetanlive.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 Sowetan website.

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