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title: "SABC News app - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in South Africa | Apple App Store"
description: "The SABC News mobile app is your one stop digital portal to all the news you need.   Stay connected with the latest and breaking stories, watch the SABC News channel along with clips and livestreams o"
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# SABC News app — South Africa

![SABC News app App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/1f/58/d6/1f58d607-309c-0e33-6392-245430c1c603/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-11-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION](https://apptail.io/developer/south-african-broadcasting-corporation-QRNb) (South Africa)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 2.9/5 (9 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.sabc.newsapp
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** South Africa
**Version:** 3.0.0 (released 2026-02-19)
**Original Release:** 2019-04-12
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/za/app/app/id1459514467)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/south-africa](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/south-africa)

## SABC News app Description
The SABC News mobile app is your one stop digital portal to all the news you need. 

Stay connected with the latest and breaking stories, watch the SABC News channel along with clips and livestreams of all the big news events and listen to all the SABC radio stations live, including podcasts, and much more.

## SABC News app Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/79/83/6b/79836bd8-2003-2098-8596-2ed6efea642c/2026-02-12_14-19-01_High_Res_Screenshot.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ce/ff/2a/ceff2af1-41ab-614c-432a-177a770a8977/2026-02-12_14-19-24_High_Res_Screenshot.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/cd/b9/9f/cdb99fce-87a1-5d41-7bcc-99793efc7d12/2026-02-12_14-19-14_High_Res_Screenshot.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/32/5c/b0/325cb0b5-b105-d138-4908-f47dbd1c4c1d/2026-02-12_14-20-08_High_Res_Screenshot.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1b/ec/36/1bec366e-7c13-62ea-730d-fdbffed02223/2026-02-12_14-19-44_High_Res_Screenshot.png/2048x2732.png)

## SABC News app Rating Breakdown in South Africa
- 5 stars: 3 (33%)
- 4 stars: 0 (0%)
- 3 stars: 2 (22%)
- 2 stars: 1 (11%)
- 1 stars: 3 (33%)

## SABC News app Reviews in South Africa

### *---- "1970"
this app features virtually zero design. Ugly and clunky, disorganised and apathetic. South Africa deserves better from the state broadcaster. Get some help.
-- kingstonfarmza, 2026-04-03

### ***-- "Rotate"
On the next upgrade can the developers look into rotating the app, currently you can only view the app on portrait on iPod, cannot read landscape, it should be readers choice shouldn’t be?
-- sellomp, 2025-09-11

### *---- "Live broadcast stuck"
The live broadcast has stuck on a political party’s manifesto event for a whole week!
-- Beta Oxidation, 2024-02-14

### *---- "Useless"
Disconnects whenever another app or search is done on the phone
-- #stanford#, 2023-05-08

### **--- "The app"
This app just stops/shuts down meanwhile listening to radio
-- Thukza M, 2022-10-15

### ***** "This app is amazing 😍"
As a student that’s currently studying towards a degree that is relatively intertwined with current events, I was looking for a news app that posted regular news updates and I really appreciate that this app has everything that I wanted and more. It makes keeping up with current events so easy (I struggled with this a bit prior to finding this app). I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it also offers a variety of radio stations AND the SABC news channel. Being able to access all of this on my phone (all in the same app!!) is so convenient. I also really love the fact that it’s compatible with the Picture in Picture iPhone feature as it allows me to use my phone while watching broadcasts.
-- creativenamehere;D, 2022-04-04

### *---- "Drop Down Menu Update"
The new update with a drop down menu option is nonsense. That drop down menu lags half the time and the other half of the time it doesn’t work. What an unnecessary update.
-- JustAdudue, 2021-09-10

### *---- "Streaming not working"
Streaming of live news is not working since new url fix.
-- Rivinsky, 2021-07-13

### *---- "SABC NEWS APP"
Contrary to other ratings, this is a most unreliable news app. Despite having excellent WiFi, the SABC News App gets stuck for hours without updating the news items. Other apps selecting SA news are far more reliable and informative.
A good word: the radio channels are a pleasure catering for a wide spectrum of interest. 
Not so good: Unfortunately, SABC TV News has become stereotypical.
The SABC news app and the TV News need reviewing.
-- Walker-team, 2021-03-29

### ***** "Apple TV"
Can we also have version for Apple TV
-- Limuwani, 2021-02-07

### **--- "App reading my clipboard"
Whenever I open the app I get a message (from the new iOS 14 functionality) that SABC has read the content of my clipboard. I regard this as a privacy violation as there is no need for the app to be reading this.
-- redfugue, 2020-10-23

### *---- "Radio streaming"
It needs to be able to stream radio while on background or in locked screen.
-- whiningguru, 2020-10-03

### ***-- "It’s a good start"
It’s a step in the right direction. Can’t wait to see more updates.
-- Tiago613, 2020-07-22

### ****- "Nice app. Increase the very small font size please"
Nice app. Increase the very small font size please
-- Marco268CT, 2020-06-14

### ***** "Best news app"
This is one of the best news app ever,
I enjoy my metro fm on this app everyday
-- support34, 2020-05-24

### ***** "Easiest way to listen to sa radio"
Kade bengifuna indlela elula ukulalela uKhozi fm la eKapa ngoba umsakazo walo awufinyeleli la emoyeni, so this is a great, neat and tidy app to do that. It’s also convenient for news and live broadcasts like le coronavirus inkulumo kaRamaphosa izolo
-- Wade-newb, 2020-03-16

### ***** "Excellent App"
I have no challenges with my app. I’ve been using this app in New York to stream my favorite shows without any hustles!
-- Phuti D, 2019-10-24

### ***** "Thank you"
Adding the Radio stations tab was a really good idea. 5 stars to this app.
-- sMthimkulu, 2019-07-17

### ***-- "Fault Reporting"
Needs function to report faults in transmissions, etc. 
e.g.  SABC News State Capture Enquiry broadcast sound disappeared for about 5-10 minutes and there us no way to report this.
-- DaRDP, 2019-04-16

### *---- "Useless app"
This app is designed poorly and the app does not provide good feedback to the user. Lazy loading at weird times. Look at the mobile screen space when using components such as videos. Can you look at material design principles and rules when using tabs and how to use them. Content hierarchy is bad and the entire global navigation is weird
-- TheHeat001, 2019-04-16

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## SABC News app Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | South Africa | News | #5 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | News | #169 |
| Top Free | Israel | News | #213 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | News | #253 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | News | #287 |
| Top Free | Saudi Arabia | News | #319 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #328 |
| Top Free | Netherlands | News | #387 |

## SABC News app Discovered Keywords
- news
- sabc news app
- sabc

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## SABC News app Available In
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/south-africa)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/germany)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/australia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/azerbaijan)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/belgium)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/belarus)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/canada)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/switzerland)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/chile)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/china)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/czechia)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/denmark)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/ecuador)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/egypt)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/spain)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/finland)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/france)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/united-kingdom)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/hong-kong)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/hungary)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/indonesia)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/ireland)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/israel)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/india)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/italy)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/japan)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/kuwait)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/lebanon)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/mexico)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/malaysia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/nigeria)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/netherlands)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/norway)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/peru)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/poland)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/portugal)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/romania)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/russia)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/saudi-arabia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/sweden)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/singapore)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/united-arab-emirates)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/thailand)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/turkey)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/ukraine)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/vietnam)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/slovenia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/argentina)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/sabc-news-app-divd/austria)

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