Put your brand where parents already pay attention.
AWSUM News is the country's largest school news platform — print and digital — placing your brand right alongside the achievements, sport and milestones that school families care about.
Print & Digital · 2026 Edition · Trusted by 4 000+ schools
The heart of South African school news
Since 2013, AWSUM News has grown into the largest school news platform in South Africa — trusted by more than 4 000 schools and countless families.
Through our print and digital channels we celebrate the achievements, sport and everyday milestones that matter to school communities — and we place your brand right alongside the good news. For advertisers, that means a direct line to economically active, decision-making households in a positive, trusted environment.
A3 tabloids and special editions distributed through schools.
Digital
Daily school news and clickable banners on awsumnews.co.za.
Social
School-shared content driving earned reach right across SA.
The audience that brands want
Learners bring the stories — their parents bring the attention. Every school photo, result and achievement pulls families straight to AWSUM News.
Economically active households. School parents make the spending decisions for the whole family.
A trusted, positive setting. Your brand sits next to good news — achievements, sport and community pride.
Precise local targeting. Reach the exact towns and regions where your customers actually are.
Repeated, natural exposure. Families come back daily, so your brand is seen again and again.
Built for local brand impact
Two digital channels for clickable, daily online reach, plus our print publications and social media. Mix and match to suit your goal, your area and your budget.
Digital Display Banners
Clickable & LocalClickable banner placements inside the news experience on awsumnews.co.za — served only in the area you choose for precise local targeting. A single tap takes families to your website, WhatsApp or a special offer.
Sponsored School News
Category ExclusiveBe the brand backing trusted local school stories, with a fixed sponsor strip on every shared post and category exclusivity in your area — one brand per category, no competitors.
Print & Special Editions
Treasured KeepsakesA3 tabloids distributed through schools — Matric Results editions, the Career Guide, AWSUM Clashes derby editions, June provincial editions and Prizegiving editions.
Social Media
103k+ FollowersAmplify your brand across the AWSUM and LoveLocal social channels, where school news is shared and engaged with daily across South Africa.
Own the conversation in your area
Sponsor the school news in your chosen area and your sponsor badge appears on every school post that shares there — permanently visible, inside the stories parents already read, share and care about.
Hyperlocal ownership. You own the community — not a fraction of a national feed.
Repeated, compound recall. The same parent, across different schools and stories — your brand every time.
Trusted, brand-safe space. Positive school editorial, away from the noise of the open social feed.
Your brand, on the page families keep
Our A3 special editions are distributed through schools and treasured by families — from Matric Results editions that celebrate top achievers to the Career Guide that reaches tomorrow's decision-makers.
AWSUM Clashes — the derby calendar
Simple, local, affordable
Because our readers come back daily, parents see your advert more than once — which is exactly how brand recall is built.
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Print & Special Editions
Sponsored & Social
Sponsored School News
Category-exclusive sponsorship of the school news in your chosen area. Pricing depends on the area and school cluster you select.
Social Media Amplification
Amplification across the AWSUM and LoveLocal social channels, scoped to your target area and campaign goals.
Tell us your area — we'll build the package.
Sponsored School News and Social Media are priced to your region. Get a tailored quote that fits your goal and your budget.
Request a QuoteBook today. Be seen tomorrow.
Download the full 2026 Media Pack — every channel, format, derby fixture and rate you need to plan a campaign that lands with South Africa's school parents.
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AWSUM and our sister publication LoveLocal together give advertisers a combined Facebook ecosystem of more than 103 000 followers — with strong local community relevance across South Africa.
The schools do the sharing — your brand gets the reach
Free, earned amplification. Every school that shares a post extends your reach — at no extra cost.
Trusted, local endorsement. News arrives from a parent's own school — a recommendation, not an advert.
Traffic that lands on your banners. Social shares pull families back to awsumnews.co.za, where your placements wait.