SABC News media bias and reliability
SABC News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 83 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is SABC News biased?
SABC News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is SABC News left or right?
SABC News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is SABC News reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for SABC News. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What SABC News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with SABC News’s own report linked underneath.
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
The United States will exclude South Africa and Rwanda from the Africa-US duty-free trade deal, known as AGOA, from January 1, 2027. The decision follows concerns over trade barriers and governance practices inconsistent with the agreement's criteria.
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
SABC News reported it asLula wins fourth term in dramatic comeback - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. (opens SABC News in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
President Bola Tinubu has blamed his political opponents for the hunger and poverty in Nigeria. He made these remarks at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off rally in Kaduna State, marking the formal launch of the APC’s campaign for the 2027 general elections.
SABC News reported it asNigeria's Tinubu launches re-election campaign - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. (opens SABC News in a new tab)
Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, posted on X urging Cubans seeking political change to enter a discreet partnership with the CIA. The statement came shortly after President Donald Trump suggested the US might take action against Cuba.
Eight people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan. Jordanian authorities have labelled the incident as extremist terrorism, and investigations into the attackers' potential links to known groups are ongoing. The US embassy announced increased security measures across Jordan.
The Russian Defence Ministry announced that its drones struck a workshop producing unmanned boats in the Chernomorsk port and hit several vessels, a cargo ship bound for Chornomorsk, a dry cargo ship carrying goods for the United States, and a supply ship heading to Odessa. No casualties were reported.
SABC News reported it asRussia hits Ukraine's port of Vilkovo - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. (opens SABC News in a new tab)
Russia launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv on October 26-27, 2026. The strikes resulted in at least one death and multiple injuries, damaging key infrastructure like the Southern Bridge and subway lines.
SABC News reported it asRussia hits Ukraine's port of Vilkovo - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. (opens SABC News in a new tab)
Ukraine has requested five European partners provide 10% of their existing interceptor missile stocks for Patriot and IRIS-T air defence systems. Defence Minister Yevhen Khmara proposed an exchange for future deliveries, while also highlighting the urgent need for MANPADS.
SABC News reported it asRussia hits Ukraine's port of Vilkovo - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. (opens SABC News in a new tab)
Ukrainian drones struck the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station in Russia's Samara region on the night of 2 November 2026. The facility, described as Europe's largest oil tank farm, has been targeted multiple times previously.
SABC News reported it asRussia hits Ukraine's port of Vilkovo - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. (opens SABC News in a new tab)
A foreign national was beaten to death by a group of approximately 50 people during a protest march in Durban, South Africa. Police are investigating the incident, which occurs against a backdrop of rising anti-immigrant sentiment and recent mass exoduses of migrants from the country.
Donald Trump announced that Ukraine's access to the Starshield military satellite communications system has been restored. The statement follows reports that Elon Musk had previously imposed speed restrictions on the service.
Vladimir Putin proposed a summit with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin confirmed discussions are underway, but no agreement has been reached on the meeting or its agenda.
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are reportedly travelling to Norway this week for talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is also expected to attend the tentative meetings, which come as tensions rise between Washington and Kyiv.
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed SABC News. We asked on 6 October 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for SABC News.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
- Official site
- sabcnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- sabcnews.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 83
- Reports listed
- 83
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
83 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. SABC News has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 83 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than SABC News’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 33 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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