Radio stations from South Africa

98 radio stations from South Africa are streaming live right now. The most listened to are Ukhozi FM S.A, KFM 94.5, Lesedi and Jacaranda FM. All of them were verified as playing when this page was built.

By genre the strongest here are pop (6), adult contemporary (5), talk (5), regional radio (3), rock (2) and news (2). Broadcasts are mainly in english (20), afrikaans (10) and english/sotho/afrikaans (1). Stations are spread across the country, with the most coming from Gauteng, KZN, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

Sound quality varies: 8 stations stream at 192 kbps or higher, the best being osmarks internet radio at 128000 kbps, while 19 run at 96 kbps or below and are better suited to a phone on mobile data. By format the mix is MP3 (57), AAC (27) and AAC+ (11). If you are choosing between two similar stations, prefer the AAC one at equal bitrate.

Nothing needs to be installed to listen to radio from South Africa: the player runs in the browser, on a phone the same as on a computer. Stations you like can be kept with the heart icon — they are stored in your own browser, so they are waiting the next time you open the site, with no account and nothing sent anywhere. The track currently playing is shown at the bottom of the screen for stations that broadcast that information.

Radio from South Africa is worth having open in a background tab: unlike a playlist it is programmed by people, so it moves between news, talk and music the way a day does.