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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

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South Africa · In the world’s press

South Africa in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention South Africa, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

437 mentions yesterday · 7% below its 30-day mean · 1% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned South Africa most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. Ghana’s press 895 mentions · 21% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  2. Botswana’s press 363 mentions · 40% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  3. Congo-Brazzaville’s press 278 mentions · 6% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  4. Mozambique’s press 130 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  5. Mauritius’ press 118 mentions · 8% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  6. United Kingdom’s press 112 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.8 vs its habit
  7. Russia’s press 112 mentions · 0.7% of its foreign attention · ×1.9 vs its habit
  8. Eritrea’s press 107 mentions · 6% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  9. Zimbabwe’s press 83 mentions · 15% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  10. Tanzania’s press 80 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×1.8 vs its habit
  11. Gabon’s press 65 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×1.4 vs its habit
  12. Burkina Faso’s press 54 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×1.8 vs its habit

South Africa’s own press: 738 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the South Africa press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Lula's political strategies against Trump 69 presses · 24 days · on 26 Oct 2026
  2. Trump comments on Ukraine's future borders 52 presses · 26 days · on 17 Oct 2026
  3. Russell Brand convicted of rape in UK 35 presses · 15 days · on 5 Nov 2026
  4. Oil prices surge amid supply concerns 8 presses · 10 days · on 23 Oct 2026
  5. Trump discusses Iran and potential war 58 presses · 14 days · on 1 Nov 2026
  6. Stock market plunge over AI fears 24 presses · 8 days · on 29 Oct 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming South Africa, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

The observatory → · All South Africa briefings →