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Common questions
Is mg.co.za legit or a scam?
AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns mg.co.za?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for mg.co.za. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
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3 of 4 safety checks passed (Oct 15, 2026).
Site is live · HTTPS valid
The Mail & Guardian (mg.co.za) is an online news publication delivering breaking news and in-depth analytical features covering South Africa, the broader African continent, and international affairs. It serves readers seeking quality journalism with a regional and global perspective. The site is described as South Africa's oldest quality news source on the web and Africa's first online newspaper.
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AboutUs has not vetted this site. Everything below is what we could measure automatically. Anything you do on the site — paying, sharing personal details, downloading — is between you and the site, not AboutUs.
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Mail & Guardian — company name on record since 2013; still matches the live site.
not yet retrieved
Registrar and registration date not retrieved yet — we retry on every view.
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 55 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 55 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.