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World News in South Africa
Real-time world news from South Africa, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters South Africa-relevant world coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=world&country=za), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
Man in court in South Africa as part of Great Denham murder inquiry
Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma is in court after being arrested in Johannesburg.
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South African police arrest UK fugitive sought in alleged killings of his wife and 2 daughters
South African police arrest UK fugitive sought in alleged killings of his wife and 2 daughters
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Nigeria says 2 nationals were killed during anti-migrant violence in South Africa
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World news in South Africa coverage
NewsMesh filters South Africa-relevant world coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Pull World news in South Africa into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=world&country=za). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=world&country=za&limit=20"Endpoints
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.
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Frequently asked questions about World news in South Africa
What world news from South Africa does NewsMesh cover?
NewsMesh filters South Africa-relevant world 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.
Which endpoint returns world news from South Africa?
Call GET /v1/latest?category=world&country=za. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Can I get South Africa news in other categories?
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.
Is world news from South Africa available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: world 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.
How do I access the world news from South Africa feed?
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.
Need more data?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.