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SowetanLIVE Digital Signage Widget

Locally grounded South African stories across seven news, sport, entertainment, and lifestyle feeds.

Bring Relevant South African Stories to Your Screens

Sowetan began as a South African newspaper in 1981 and has grown into a digital publication closely connected to the lives, concerns, and achievements of black South Africans. Its reporting is particularly relevant to Gauteng and other urban communities, combining current affairs with sport, entertainment, and practical consumer content.

The SowetanLIVE digital signage widget also includes SMag, the publication’s lifestyle section, featuring stories about South African culture, personalities, fashion, food, wellness, and everyday living. This gives you the flexibility to balance serious news and opinion with lighter, locally relevant content that can keep audiences informed and entertained.

Source: https://www.sowetan.co.za/

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Sowetan at a glance

  • 4.3 Million

    Monthly unique browsers

  • 18.7 Million

    Monthly page views

  • 7 feeds

    Available on Imagine Software

  • 45 years

    Covering South African communities

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Everything you need to know about displaying SowetanLIVE with Imagine digital signage software

SowetanLIVE focuses primarily on South African news, communities and everyday issues, with particular relevance to Gauteng and urban audiences. Sport, entertainment, consumer information, and lifestyle coverage form an important part of its identity alongside current affairs.

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