iNews
Never miss the LOCAL news
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Never miss what’s happening in your town again!
iNews brings you the latest local breaking news, community updates, specials, events, listings and more — all created and uploaded by our team just for your area.
No national noise. No random articles.
Just real local news and real local info that matters.
Why Users Love iNews
Instant breaking news alerts
Property listings to rent and buy
Local specials and deals
Community notices and events
Stories and articles written by our own editors
Subscribe to categories you care about
Classifieds: services, jobs, items for sale
Clean, fast and easy to use
iNews is your community in one app — always fresh, always local, always relevant.
more - Whole new app design
- Search Functionality
- Video News
- Classifieds
- Community Engagement
3.5 12/11/2025
What's New
This release brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
iNews is now available in:
Ermelo
Standerton
uPhongolo/Pongola
Lephalale
Kimberley
Piet Retief
Groblersdal
Breede River
Potties
Lowveld
Garden Route
Watch this space as we continue to roll out to more areas and improve your
favourite LOCAL news app.
3.4 10/08/2024
What's New
This release brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
iNews is now available in:
Ermelo
Standerton
Pongola
Lephalale
Kimberley
Piet Retief
Groblersdal
Breede River
Potties
Watch this space as we continue to roll out to more areas and improve your
favourite LOCAL news app.
3.1 04/09/2024
What's New
This release brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
iNews is now available in:
Ermelo
Standerton
Pongola
Lephalale
Kimberley
Piet Retief
Groblersdal
Breede River
Potties
Watch this space as we continue to roll out to more areas and improve your
favourite LOCAL news app.
3.0 04/08/2024
What's New
Videos can now be viewed inside iNews.
This release also brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
iNews is now available in:
Ermelo
Standerton
Pongola
Ellisras
Kimberley
Piet Retief
Jozi
Groblersdal
Parys
Breede River
Watch this space as we continue to roll out to more areas and improve your
favourite LOCAL news app.
2.15 01/02/2023
What's New
Videos can now be viewed inside iNews.
New sign-up and sign-in flow.
This release also brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
iNews is now available in:
Ermelo
Standerton
Pongola
Ellisras
Kimberley
Piet Retief
Jozi
Groblersdal
Parys
Watch this space as we continue to roll out to more areas and improve your
favourite LOCAL news app.
2.14 11/28/2022
What's New
Improved the message that is displayed while there is no internet connection.
Fixed a bug that caused iNews to crash.
This release also brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
iNews is now available in:
Ermelo
Standerton
Pongola
Ellisras
Kimberley
Piet Retief
Jozi
Groblersdal
Parys
Watch this space as we continue to roll out to more areas and improve your
favourite LOCAL news app.
2.12 08/04/2022
What’s New
Improving articles with richer features.
This release also brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
Watch this space as we continue to improve your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.10 04/27/2022
What’s New
Improving articles by making them richer.
This release also brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
Watch this space as we continue to improve your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.9 11/02/2021
What’s New
It is now much clearer who the author and publisher of an article are.
We have made it easier to reach out to us through the contact us menu.
This release also brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
Watch this space as we continue to improve your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.7 07/02/2021
This release brings fixes that will help you to get more from your LOCAL news app:
- Improvement. Never miss the news with notification badges.
- General maintenance fixes and improvements.
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.5 03/16/2021
What’s New
This release brings general fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
Watch this space as we continue to improve your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.3 12/27/2020
What’s New
From today, you’ll notice a shiny new logo that matches our new look. Change, everyone loves it, but rest assured that the functionality of iNews is still the same.
This release also brings fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
Watch this space as we continue to improve your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.1 10/19/2020
What’s New
From today, you’ll notice a shiny new logo that matches our new look. Change, everyone loves it, but rest assured that the functionality of iNews is still the same.
This release also brings fixes and improvements that will help you get more from iNews.
Watch this space as we continue to improve your favourite LOCAL news app.
2.0 09/30/2020
This release brings fixes that will help you to get more from your LOCAL news app:
- Improvement. Articles will now load as you scroll. This will improve performance and data usage.
- Improved opening articles from outside iNews App
- General maintenance fixes and improvements.
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL
1.9 10/07/2019
This release brings fixes that will help you to get more from your LOCAL news app:
- Fixed - App freezes when opening
- Improved opening iNews.co.za links
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL
1.7 03/28/2019
This release brings fixes that will help you to get more from your LOCAL news app:
-Articles will now display date published
-Now see “Breaking News” with fewer taps
-Easy Sign Up
-Improved “Forgot Password” function
-Fixed - Push Notifications not always opening article
-Improvements made to Push Notifications
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL news app
1.6 03/07/2019
This release brings fixes that help you get more out of your LOCAL news app:
- Images can now be viewed full screen.
- Look out for videos in articles.
- Improved new user experience.
- Minor UI improvements.
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL news app
1.4 01/28/2019
This release brings fixes that help you get more out of your LOCAL news app:
- Article titles will now stay in their bounds.
- Improved and extended categories.
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL news app
1.3 01/08/2019
This release brings fixes that help you get more out of your LOCAL news app:
- Did you forget your password? You can now reset your password in a few simple steps
- Improved sign in/up experience
- Improved notifications
- Improved entering comments experience
Watch this space as we make more improvements to your favourite LOCAL news app
1.2 11/15/2018
- Whole new app design
- Search Functionality
- Video News
- Classifieds
- Community Engagement
more Version 3.5 12/11/2025
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