Top News Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts News chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 5, 2026.

1

Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

2

MoneywebNOW

Moneyweb Radio

3

The Daily

The New York Times

4

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

5

The Rest Is Politics: US

Goalhanger

6

SMWX

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

7

The Corder Report

Dan Corder

8

Candace

Candace Owens

9

The Gareth Cliff Daily Briefing

The Gareth Cliff Show

10

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

11

FT News Briefing

Financial Times

12

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

13

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

14

Today in Focus

The Guardian

15

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Piers Morgan Uncensored

16

Newshour

BBC World Service

17

TRIGGERnometry

TRIGGERnometry

18

Money Talks from The Economist

The Economist

19

The Tucker Carlson Show

Tucker Carlson Network

20

The Global Story

BBC World Service

21

Pivot

New York Magazine

22

The Clement Manyathela Show

Primedia Broadcasting

23

Today, Explained

Vox

24

Bloomberg News Now

Bloomberg

25

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

26

Pod Save America

Pod Save America

27

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

CapeTalk

28

The News Agents

Global

29

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles

30

The Bulwark Daily

The Bulwark

31

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

32

The World in Brief from The Economist

The Economist

33

IHIP News

Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

34

Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files

Global

35

The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener

Primedia Broadcasting

36

Ukraine: The Latest

The Telegraph

37

The Matt Walsh Show

The Daily Wire

38

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

39

Infamous

Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment

40

Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja

Radio 702

41

Reuters World News

Reuters

42

The Aubrey Masango Show

702

43

Americast

BBC News

44

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

Ark Media

45

The Daily Friend Show

SA Institute of Race Relations

46

African Renaissance Podcast

Thabo Mbeki Foundation

47

The Morgan Stewart Show

Morgan Stewart

48

DSPN -RUGBY

rova | DSPN

49

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

50

The New Yorker Radio Hour

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

51

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

Vox Media Podcast Network

52

The Globalist

Monocle

53

The Best of Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa

Primedia Broadcasting

54

Business Bagel

Bagel Media

55

TRUMP100

Sky News

56

Moneyweb@Midday

Moneyweb Radio

57

The Rachman Review

Financial Times

58

Mehdi Unfiltered

Zeteo

59

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

60

Iran: The Latest

The Telegraph

61

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Goalhanger

62

Up First from NPR

NPR

63

Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast

Glenn Diesen

64

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

65

The Headlines

The New York Times

66

The Story

The Times

67

The Daily T

The Telegraph

68

All In with Chris Hayes

MS NOW, Chris Hayes

69

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

iHeartPodcasts

70

Morning Wire

The Daily Wire

71

Bloomberg Surveillance

Bloomberg

72

Politics Weekly America

The Guardian

73

This Is Why

Sky News

74

Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick

75

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams & John Davis

76

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times

77

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks

78

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

CapeTalk

79

Focus on Africa

BBC World Service

80

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

81

Judging Freedom

Judge Napolitano

82

Pod Save the World

Pod Save the World

83

South African Council of Shopping Centres - SACSC

Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard

84

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN Podcasts

85

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Unholy Media

86

Amanpour

CNN Podcasts

87

MiningWeekly.com Audio Articles

Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

88

Risky Business

Risky Business Media

89

The Gaza Chef

DIE ZEIT

90

The Michael Knowles Show

The Daily Wire

91

Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Bloomberg

92

The Lady Vanishes

LiSTNR

93

Al Jazeera News Updates

Al Jazeera

94

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

95

Oh God, What Now?

Podmasters

96

Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered

News UK

97

Bloomberg Tech

Bloomberg

98

Inside Trump's Head

The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles

99

The Source with Kaitlan Collins

CNN Podcasts

100

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

101

The WAN Show

Linus Tech Tips

102

NPR News Now

NPR

103

Brian Entin Investigates

Brian Entin & Studio71

104

The Escape Pod Podcast

Alex Azor & Andrew Parker

105

The General & The Journalist

The Times

106

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

107

Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition

Bloomberg

108

talkSPORT Daily

talkSPORT

109

Newscast

BBC News

110

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

The Times of Israel

111

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN Podcasts

112

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN Podcasts

113

The Rubin Report

Dave Rubin

114

Jacaranda FM Newswatch (Latest Bulletins)

Jacaranda FM

115

Journal en français facile

Français Facile - RFI

116

If You're Listening

ABC Australia

117

The Duran Podcast

The Duran

118

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

lotuseaters.com

119

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

120

Sharp Sharp

Financial Mail x Scrolla

121

The News Agents - USA

Global

122

House Guest

Scott Evans

123

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

124

CNN 5 Things

CNN Podcasts

125

Mario Nawfal

Mario Nawfal

126

Quite right!

The Spectator

127

The Talking Sense Podcast

The Common Sense ZA

128

Phoebe's Fall

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

129

The Lead

News24

130

Claude AI Daily

Claude AI Daily

131

Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

Victor Davis Hanson | The Daily Signal

132

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Sky News

133

The Politics Show

The New Statesman

134

Fame Under Fire: The Tupac Murder Trial

BBC Sounds

135

Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson

136

Ark News Daily

Ark Media

137

The Teacher's Pet

The Australian

138

VladTV

DJ Vlad

139

The Foreign Affairs Interview

Foreign Affairs Magazine

140

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

141

The Brendan O'Neill Show

The Brendan O'Neill Show

142

Haaretz Podcast

Haaretz

143

The Tea with Myriam Francois

The Tea

144

Part Of The Problem

GaS Digital Network

145

The Loren Piretra Show

Loren Piretra

146

Fox News Hourly Update

FOX News Podcasts

147

The Briefing

Monocle

148

The Peter McCormack Show

Peter McCormack

149

Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter

iHeartPodcasts

150

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

CNN Podcasts

151

COCKTAILS AND TAKEAWAYS

cocktails and takeaways

152

Royal Exclusive

The Sun

153

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

154

Boekestijn en De Wijk

BNR Nieuwsradio

155

The Dan Bongino Show

Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino

156

My Only Story | Season 2: Back to School

Media24

157

The Eurofile

Center for Strategic and International Studies

158

The Trish Regan Show

Unknown

159

Drive with John Perlman

Primedia Broadcasting

160

Real Baron Podcast

Baron Coleman

161

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

Louise Perry

162

MOATS with George Galloway

Molucca Media Ltd

163

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

164

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

165

The Royals Uncensored

The Royals Uncensored

166

The Daily Heretic

Andrew Gold

167

Verdict with Ted Cruz

iHeartPodcasts

168

Spectre of Communism

RCI - www.marxist.com

169

This is Gavin Newsom

iHeartPodcasts

170

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

171

Asmongold TV

Asmongold TV

172

The Breakroom

New Rockstars

173

MAD KINGS: Machtprobe für Deutschland

DER SPIEGEL

174

A Right Royal Podcast

Hello! Magazine Ltd

175

The Mining Insider

Logan Ore - The Pro Podcasters

176

Radio Davos

Robin Pomeroy, World Economic Forum

177

Consider This from NPR

NPR

178

Agentic Coding Today

Augmented Humans

179

The AIAC Podcast

Africa Is a Country

180

Dia-Logos: Seeking Christ's Perspective on the News

Dia-Logos Podcast

181

I'm Not A Lawyer But: The Debrief

Melanie Goolsby & Studio71

182

Case by Case

The Content Centre

183

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves- Love Comes First

Inception Point AI

184

Boiler Room

Alternate Current Radio

185

RONZHEIMER.

Paul Ronzheimer

186

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

187

Love, Lex P

Lex P

188

The Young Turks

TYT Network

189

Political Fix

Financial Times

190

Unchained

Laura Shin

191

Louder with Crowder

Louder with Crowder

192

Real Time with Bill Maher

HBO Podcasts

193

The Dispatch Podcast

The Dispatch

194

The Erin Molan Show

The Erin Molan Show

195

Pod Save the UK

Pod Save the UK

196

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

197

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

MeidasTouch Network

198

Editor's Picks from The Economist

The Economist

199

Kommentaar

RSG

200

The Edition

The Spectator

201

Democracy Unplugged

Podcast Party

202

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

203

Six O'Clock News

BBC Radio 4

204

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS News

205

Renegade Talk Radio

Renegade Talk Radio

206

CNN This Morning

CNN Podcasts

207

Grits and Eggs Podcast

Deante’ Kyle

208

Early Breakfast with Africa Melane

CapeTalk

209

Uncommon Knowledge

Hoover Institution

210

The Walkers: The real Salt Path

The Observer

211

TateTV

Andrew Tate

212

Monitor

RSG

213

The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann

The Week Unwrapped

214

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN Podcasts

215

Top Comment

BBC

216

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

Johannes B. Ullrich

217

Amy and T.J.

iHeartPodcasts

218

Electoral Dysfunction

Sky News

219

The 404 Media Podcast

404 Media

220

CNN Inside Politics

CNN Podcasts

221

Moneyweb Crypto

Moneyweb Radio

222

The Rest Is Money

Goalhanger

223

Lanz + Precht

ZDF, Markus Lanz & Richard David Precht

224

Scandal Queens

E.B. Johnson

225

Political Currency

Persephonica

226

The Fifth Column

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch

227

Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia Edition

Bloomberg

228

The World and Everything In It

WORLD Radio

229

The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

230

BLOSSOM & BLOM PODCAST

Thembumenzi Mabuza

231

Caliphate

The New York Times

232

The Weeknight

MS NOW, Michael Steele, Symone Sanders Townsend, Luke Russert

233

The Don Lemon Show

Lemon Media Network

234

The Monocle Daily

Monocle

235

Start Here

ABC News

236

Bannon`s War Room

WarRoom.org

237

Net nog enetjie

Maroela Media

238

African Renaissance Podcast

Thabo Mbeki Foundation

239

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

240

Big Take

Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts

241

Off With Their Headlines

Amanda Matta and Meredith Constant

242

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC Radio 4

243

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

244

The Tech Report

Times Radio

245

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

246

Left to Die: Escape from the Amarula

Tortoise Media

247

It Could Happen Here

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

248

Spektrum

RSG

249

The Parnas Perspective

Aaron Parnas

250

Sunday Times Politics Weekly

TimesLIVE Podcasts

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