Reach the people who run South African business.
Business News South Africa is a fast, factual news site for SME owners, operators and professionals — markets, funding, policy, tech and enterprise, covered daily and attributed to its source. This is what advertising here actually looks like.
Built for business decisions, not headlines.
We are deliberately not a general news or consumer site. Every editorial decision is tested against one question: does this help a South African business owner or professional make a better decision today?
Who reads us
SME owners and operators, financial and business professionals, and readers researching funding, compliance, and market-moving news for their own company or clients. Not day-trading or consumer-retail audiences — the same discipline that keeps our reporting factual keeps this audience relevant to serious advertisers.
Where they come from
Majority South African audience, split roughly evenly between people searching Google for a specific story and readers coming back directly. Growing organic search visibility means new readers are discovering us for the story itself, not just returning traffic.
The editorial standard, in three lines.
Every story attributed
Sources are named and linked, not laundered. Readers know where a fact came from, which is also why they trust what sits next to it.
Checked before publish
Nothing reaches the site automatically. An editor reviews every article against its source before it goes live.
No pay-for-coverage
We do not run sponsored or paid-for articles disguised as news. Advertising is always clearly labelled as advertising — see the disclosure below.
What you can book today.
One format, live now, already running on the site and already tracking real traffic.
In-article partner placement
Available nowA single, clearly labelled card placed inside an article — not a banner bolted on top of the page. It sits at the natural reading break roughly halfway through the story, matched to relevant categories so it appears next to content your customers actually care about.
- PlacementOne card per article, at the ~50% reading point (or article end on short posts)
- TargetingBy category (e.g. Markets & Finance only) or sitewide rotation
- FormatLogo/name, one-line pitch, tracked call-to-action — text-first, loads fast, no banner bloat
- ReportingMonthly impression and click report from our own tracking, no third-party ad tech
Proposed rates
Founding-partner introductory pricing, held for early advertisers while the audience is still growing. Confirm current rates with us before quoting a client — this table is not final.
| Format | Scope | Price |
|---|---|---|
| In-article placement | Sitewide rotation, all categories | R3,500 / month |
| In-article placement | Single category (e.g. Markets & Finance only) | R1,800 / month |
| In-article placement | 90-day founding-partner rate, sitewide | R9,000 / quarter |
Excl. VAT. Minimum one-month term. All placements are tracked and reported; a mid-campaign performance check is included on every booking.
How we keep this honest.
The same standard that governs our reporting governs advertising on this site.
Let’s talk about your campaign.
Tell us your goal and budget — we’ll recommend the format that actually fits, including if that means waiting for a bigger audience.