Die Laevelder

Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South AfricaEnglish / Afrikaans

The Lowvelder is a local community newspaper based in Mbombela, South Africa. It provides comprehensive news coverage for the Lowveld region in both English and Afrikaans. The publication focuses on local government, crime, community events, schools, and regional sports within the Mpumalanga province.

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A small number of legacy publishing groups dominate a national press market characterized by mass-market tabloids operating alongside established broadsheets. The Sunday Times stands as the country's largest national weekly, while the Media24-owned tabloid Daily Sun captures an enormous daily working-class readership. Historic titles like the investigative Mail & Guardian, the financial broadsheet Business Day, and Johannesburg's centre-left daily The Star hold significant journalistic weight across the country. Beyond these prominent English-language publications, the historic Afrikaans daily Die Burger serves substantial regional audiences in the Western and Eastern Cape. Paperboy indexes 77 South African newspapers — browse the full directory below.