Digital News Transformation Fund 2025 for South African Publishers

The Digital News Transformation Fund (DNTF) opens funding opportunities for small, medium, and community-based independent news publishers in South Africa to support digital transformation and long-term sustainability. The fund provides multi-year financial support across three tiers to help build digital capacity, grow audiences, and experiment with new revenue models.

Financial support for digital transformation projects, capacity building, and potential revenue-model innovations; multi-year funding subject to annual review.

Eligible applicants are early-stage, mid-stage, or established independent news publishers serving a South African audience, members in good standing of the Press Council, with a clearly defined digital transformation project and commitment to editorial independence and public-interest journalism.

Apply through the provided application portal; information available on the Digital News Transformation Fund pages.