After 49 years, South Africa seeks justice for anti-apartheid hero Steve Biko
The two former policemen in the Biko case who are still alive could face charges
Real-time politics news from South Africa, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters South Africa-relevant politics coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=politics&country=za), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
The two former policemen in the Biko case who are still alive could face charges
An alleged underworld kingpin wrapped up his testimony at a high profile South African corruption enquiry on Wednesday. Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala returned to the witness stand befo...
Zambia's democratic institutions are under scrutiny, as the opposition continues to dispute the election results and courts remain closed. Weeks after the election, Zambia’s ele...
The far-right convener on his violent upbringing in South Africa, why he admires Vladimir Putin and Tommy Robinson — and his on-off relationship with his son
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A new survey reveals a preference for the U.S. president’s transactional approach.
Anti-migrant violence, economic stagnation and corruption allegations are eroding support for South Africa's ruling ANC ahead of local elections in November, opening the door to...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief said Wednesday he is concerned over the arrest of opposition officials in connection with last week's troubl...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday issued a formal apology to the president of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, for violence perpetrated against Mozambican nationals d...
In South Africa, the Madlanga Commission set up last year to unpick allegations of unlawful kickbacks, cliques and corruption in the criminal justice system continues its invest...
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South Africa hosted a gathering of leaders from the southern African regional bloc amid xenophobic violence and anti-migrant protests. As the continent’s wealthiest country, Sou...
Every barrel of oil shipped from an African port to a European or Chinese terminal is a barrel not converted into kilowatts for an African household.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected for a second five-year term, the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced early Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected for a second five-year term, the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced early Tuesday.
Protesters in South Africa gather outside of a meeting of regional leaders demanding that they fetch their people. Frustration continues to fester on all sides as Pretoria tries...
A South African political party placed a stuffed giraffe's head in a huge crater to highlight the country's pothole problem - only for the move to backfire dramatically when res...
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South Africa's envoy to Ottawa says Canada's decision to remove most of its peacekeepers from the continent doesn't align with the Carney government's pledge to get middle power...
NewsMesh filters South Africa-relevant politics coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=politics&country=za). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=politics&country=za&limit=20"GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.NewsMesh filters South Africa-relevant politics coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Call GET /v1/latest?category=politics&country=za. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all South Africa coverage from /v1/latest?country=za.
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: politics South Africa stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.