Census · Site record
mg.co.za
In the census. Status: active when Palo last checked it, on 17 October 2026 (the homepage answered with a page, directly or after redirects). 332 sites in the census link to it (321 of them in the analysed graph), and it links to 5 sites.
Recorded about the site
Text in quotation marks is what the site declares about itself.
- Title
- “The Mail & Guardian | Africa's Better Future”
- Description
- “The Mail & Guardian is a quality investigative and comment news publication, based on a culture of editorial independence and excellence.”
- Language
- en
- schema.org types
- NewsArticle, BreadcrumbList
- Open Graph metadata
- yes
- Homepage size
- 813 KB, 77 links
- First seen
- before 12 October 2026 (not recorded earlier)
- Listed by
- Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-39); a link from a crawled .za site; the list kept by Palo's earlier worker until October 2026 (from Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2025-18 or certificate transparency logs)
Position in the link graph
The graph holds the active and blocked sites in the census and the links between them: 202,662 sites. Rank 1 is the highest.
- Links in (in-degree)
- 321 sites in the graph link to it
- Links out (out-degree)
- it links to 5 sites in the graph
- PageRank rank
- 64 of 202,662. PageRank weighs links by the rank of the sites they come from; every link counts the same, whatever its purpose
- PageRank rank without footer-only links
- 74 of 202,662. The same, leaving out links only ever seen in a page footer
- PageRank rank between registered names
- 77 of 202,662. The same, leaving out links between sites under one registered name, such as x.co.za and shop.x.co.za
- Betweenness rank
- 390 of 202,662. How often the site lies on the shortest paths between others
- Sites reachable by following links
- about 46,300 (estimated)
- Community
- one of 6,259 sites in its Louvain community, a group more densely linked to each other than to the rest
Links in: 332 sites
Sites in the census whose crawled pages link to mg.co.za, by PageRank rank (unranked last); 1 to 50 of 332. “Seen in” is where on the linking pages the link appears.
| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| xneelo.co.za | active | 20 | not recorded |
| globex.co.za | active | 580 | nav |
| ccac.concourttrust.org.za | active | 599 | body |
| groundup.org.za | active | 628 | not recorded |
| careers.mg.co.za | blocked | 770 | not recorded |
| powerofwomen.mg.co.za | blocked | 771 | not recorded |
| g20.mg.co.za | blocked | 830 | not recorded |
| wp.mg.co.za | blocked | 864 | not recorded |
| alumni.ukzn.ac.za | active | 908 | body |
| nbi.org.za | active | 1,823 | body |
| marveltec.co.za | active | 1,866 | not recorded |
| genderjustice.org.za | active | 2,111 | body |
| workforce.co.za | active | 2,187 | body |
| news.mandela.ac.za | active | 2,212 | not recorded |
| cer.org.za | active | 2,326 | body |
| macinsights.co.za | active | 4,495 | body |
| education.nwu.ac.za | active | 4,627 | not recorded |
| theethicalagency.co.za | active | 5,744 | not recorded |
| natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za | active | 5,895 | body |
| namc.co.za | active | 6,158 | body |
| outa.co.za | active | 6,303 | body |
| section27.org.za | active | 6,909 | not recorded |
| sagoodnews.co.za | active | 7,296 | body |
| dhasa.co.za | active | 7,528 | body |
| assar.uct.ac.za | active | 10,112 | not recorded |
| unfinishedtrc.co.za | active | 10,615 | body |
| gcro.ac.za | active | 11,734 | not recorded |
| medicalbrief.co.za | active | 12,082 | not recorded |
| 200youngsouthafricans.co.za | blocked | 12,491 | not recorded |
| oulitnet.co.za | active | 12,794 | body |
| nu.org.za | active | 12,805 | body |
| arttimes.co.za | active | 13,096 | body |
| capetownpc.org.za | active | 13,211 | body |
| gekco.co.za | active | 14,082 | not recorded |
| primestars.co.za | active | 14,228 | not recorded |
| crafthomes.co.za | active | 14,673 | body |
| nsmsa.org.za | active | 15,148 | body |
| wizmed.co.za | active | 15,472 | not recorded |
| cliqtech.co.za | active | 15,549 | body |
| mediahack.co.za | active | 15,983 | not recorded |
| iisa.org.za | active | 15,992 | body |
| agribook.co.za | active | 16,164 | body |
| irr.org.za | active | 16,263 | body |
| wynbergid.co.za | active | 17,033 | body |
| ember.edu.za | active | 17,409 | not recorded |
| inclusivesociety.org.za | active | 17,454 | body |
| renishawhills.co.za | active | 18,401 | not recorded |
| fossilfreesa.org.za | active | 18,987 | body |
| gardencities.co.za | active | 19,016 | not recorded |
| verlorenkloof.co.za | active | 19,101 | body |
Links out: 5 sites
Sites in the census that its crawled pages link to, by PageRank rank (unranked last). “Seen in” is where on the linking pages the link appears.
| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| property.mg.co.za | active | 695 | not recorded |
| careers.mg.co.za | blocked | 770 | not recorded |
| powerofwomen.mg.co.za | blocked | 771 | not recorded |
| g20.mg.co.za | blocked | 830 | not recorded |
| wp.mg.co.za | blocked | 864 | not recorded |
Links leaving .za: 9 domains
Domains outside .za that its crawled pages link to:
- facebook.com (header, footer)
- instagram.com (header, footer)
- linkedin.com (header, footer)
- newsteam.io (footer)
- threads.net (header, footer)
- tiktok.com (header, footer)
- twitter.com (header, footer)
- whatsapp.com (header, footer)
- youtube.com (header, footer)
Related
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About these figures
- Only links between .za sites in the census are in the graph; links from outside .za, social media and search engines are not observed.
- Links added by scripts after a page loads may be missed, and pages Palo has not crawled are not seen.
- As of the analysis on 17 October 2026, 18:21 SAST. The data is CC BY 4.0; credit “Palo, Dirišwago (palo.dirishwago.co.za)”.
- This record as Markdown, for language models and other programs: /explore/mg.co.za.md.