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The South African was founded in 2003 and is owned by Blue Sky Publications Ltd. It is an English-language South African online news publication. It reports national and international news, sports, and culture. Its online news presence can be found at thesouthafrican.com and has an average of 7.344 million monthly visits. It ranked 1,440 among other news and media sources.

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*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.


The Analyst Bias Score is on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Black Lives Matter Protest
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Police beating victim Tyre Nichols to be laid to rest in Memphis | 0% Center |
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Donald Trump’s first wife Ivana dies at 73 | 0% Center |
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Footballer facing possible execution: 5 things to know about Amir | 0% Center |
‘Nonsense culture’: Iranian footballer faces possible execution | 0% Center |
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08/25/2019 | 75% For | Trump Family Detentions Flores Agreement (link) | So, of course, the Trump administration is doing the opposite in a baldfaced |