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Is Sowetan down?

No. Sowetan is working. Updated 4 Nov, 12:47 UTC, 4 min ago · No status page: this is what our own checks see No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.
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Last 9030 days

Collecting since 4 Nov; the uptime figure shows after the first hour of readings

Of the last 90 days, 0 had a partial or major outage, 0 had maintenance only and 89 have no data. Recent problems are listed in a table further down.

90 days ago30 days agoToday

No problems Partial outage Major outage Maintenance No data yet

Last 24 hours

Every 15 minutes, hours in UTC

Bars: the share of our own checks of sowetanlive.co.za that failed (646 checks). Our checks showed no problem in this time. We don't collect user reports.

0%5%10% 18:0000:0006:0012:00 0% of 102 checks failed0% of 102 checks failed0% of 102 checks failed0% of 102 checks failed0% of 102 checks failed0% of 102 checks failed0% of 34 checks failed

Our own checks of sowetanlive.co.za

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

Our checks from 34 cities: all fine.

Singapore: loaded in 1474 ms Santiago: loaded in 1573 ms Seattle: loaded in 2258 ms Osaka: loaded in 1735 ms St. Louis: loaded in 5842 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 1355 ms Toronto: loaded in 468 ms Sydney: loaded in 1306 ms Delhi: loaded in 1326 ms New York: loaded in 377 ms Doha: loaded in 1175 ms Seoul: loaded in 2024 ms Melbourne: loaded in 1959 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 114 ms Mumbai: loaded in 1188 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 274 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 122 ms London: loaded in 217 ms Hamina: loaded in 499 ms Madrid: loaded in 214 ms New Jersey: loaded in 698 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 1533 ms Tel Aviv: loaded in 886 ms Bangalore: loaded in 1384 ms Tokyo: loaded in 1705 ms Warsaw: loaded in 257 ms Querétaro: loaded in 1099 ms Jakarta: loaded in 1599 ms Cape Town: loaded in 999 ms Hong Kong: loaded in 1908 ms Dallas: loaded in 1182 ms São Paulo: loaded in 1172 ms Atlanta: loaded in 1424 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 191 ms
  • SingaporeReachable1474 ms, 2 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable1573 ms, 2 min ago
  • SeattleReachable2258 ms, 2 min ago
  • OsakaReachable1735 ms, 2 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable5842 ms, 2 min ago
  • JohannesburgReachable1355 ms, 2 min ago
  • TorontoReachable468 ms, 2 min ago
  • SydneyReachable1306 ms, 2 min ago
  • DelhiReachable1326 ms, 2 min ago
  • New YorkReachable377 ms, 2 min ago
  • DohaReachable1175 ms, 2 min ago
  • SeoulReachable2024 ms, 2 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable1959 ms, 2 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable114 ms, 2 min ago
  • MumbaiReachable1188 ms, 2 min ago
  • LauterbourgReachable274 ms, 2 min ago
  • FrankfurtReachable122 ms, 2 min ago
  • LondonReachable217 ms, 2 min ago
  • HaminaReachable499 ms, 2 min ago
  • MadridReachable214 ms, 2 min ago
  • New JerseyReachable698 ms, 2 min ago
  • Los AngelesReachable1533 ms, 2 min ago
  • Tel AvivReachable886 ms, 2 min ago
  • BangaloreReachable1384 ms, 2 min ago
  • TokyoReachable1705 ms, 2 min ago
  • WarsawReachable257 ms, 2 min ago
  • QuerétaroReachable1099 ms, 2 min ago
  • JakartaReachable1599 ms, 2 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable999 ms, 2 min ago
  • Hong KongReachable1908 ms, 2 min ago
  • DallasReachable1182 ms, 2 min ago
  • São PauloReachable1172 ms, 2 min ago
  • AtlantaReachable1424 ms, 2 min ago
  • PortsmouthReachable191 ms, 2 min ago

We load sowetanlive.co.za the way a visitor would and note whether it answers.

No status page

Sowetan does not publish a status page, so there is nothing for us to read. What you see here is what we measure ourselves: its website is loaded from our probes in 34 cities every 5 minutes. We show a problem when a quarter of the cities that are working normally can't load it, and an outage when half can't. A city that has not been able to load it once in the last two days is left out: some sites only open for people in their own country, and that is not an outage. When too few cities are left, we say we can't 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. If it isn't working for you, the cause is more likely near you: your network, your browser, or a problem only in your area. Try another network or device.

How do we know?

Sowetan has no public status page. We load sowetanlive.co.za from our own probes in several cities and note whether it answers. We don't guess from social media posts or reports.

How often do we check?

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

Our own checks of the Sowetan website. HonkWatch also checks websites from 34 cities.

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