# Eyewitness News: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-06, Eyewitness News has 786,000 subscribers, 328,278,131 total views, and 12,771 videos. It ranks #95,723 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Eyewitness News](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Eyewitness News is “EWN LIVE: 2026 Local Government Elections \| Counting Your Votes”, a long-form video published Nov 5, 2026.
- These are Eyewitness News’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 21, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026 (42 long-form videos and 6 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 13,561. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Wrapping up voting day: Highlights from across South Africa” (109,273 views, Nov 4, 2026). Least viewed: “LGE 2026 \| Get to know your Mangaung mayoral candidates” (10 views, Oct 27, 2026).
- Median length: 6:54 for 42 long-form videos; 2:55 for 6 Shorts.
- In this sample, Eyewitness News’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 3 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 6, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [EWN LIVE: 2026 Local Government Elections \| Counting Your Votes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/2hbeeqV_Xyg/) | 2026-11-05 | Long-form | 10,988 | 1:32:25 | - |
| [EWN LIVE: 2026 Local Government Elections \| SAPS briefing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/PLYYdVQ1CM4/) | 2026-11-05 | Long-form | 6,419 | 27:05 | - |
| [EWN LIVE: 2026 Local Government Elections \| Counting Your Votes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/TeGc8gCS8H8/) | 2026-11-05 | Long-form | 18,301 | 3:46:07 | - |
| [DA declares early victory in Cape Town](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/T2_4NtgrNLg/) | 2026-11-05 | Long-form | 15,728 | 3:26 | 2.65x |
| [EWN LIVE: 2026 Local Government Elections \| IEC update on LGE 2026 results counting](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/ylrdYtQyTwA/) | 2026-11-05 | Long-form | 16,563 | 25:11 | - |
| [EWN LIVE: 2026 Local Government Elections \| Election Day](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/DdtfxhY0tO4/) | 2026-11-04 | Long-form | 26,138 | 6:52:26 | - |
| [Wrapping up voting day: Highlights from across South Africa](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/sQfowvW8_og/) | 2026-11-04 | Long-form | 109,273 | 4:45 | 2.7x |
| [University of Limpopo students cite crime as key motivators in local polls](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/DusR0UxyC6g/) | 2026-11-04 | Long-form | 4,289 | 5:42 | - |
| [Mantashe, Hill-Lewis and more politicians vote](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/R-KO8AL2DqM/) | 2026-11-04 | Short | 1,719 | 2:16 | - |
| [Duduzane Zuma votes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/jEnlkrBTsAQ/) | 2026-11-04 | Short | 2,692 | 2:56 | - |
| [Jacob Zuma casts his vote in Nkandla](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/0WahyrXK6WI/) | 2026-11-04 | Long-form | 4,809 | 1:11 | - |
| [Ramaphosa votes: 'Services must be delivered'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/NNsexd2bEKI/) | 2026-11-04 | Long-form | 30,690 | 4:47 | 2.8x |
| [The day that was: Candidate held for trashing poll station. ANC, DA clash over trade. US votes.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/pK9CRHwD9H0/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 38,821 | 6:11 | 3.23x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Bakhathazekile abalimi ngesimemezeli sikaTrump, ezokuphepha zicijela usuku lokhetho.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/URMnQWO3180/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 11,996 | 7:02 | 1.4x |
| [LGE 2026 \| Meet Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s mayoral candidates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/WEjTJU3WJrs/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 2,288 | 6:33 | - |
| [’We’ve had a number of accidents’ – Middelburg residents’ 18-year struggle living beside highway](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/IdDOg-LjQiw/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 4,587 | 6:45 | - |
| [KZN SAPS commissioner Mkhwanazi gives marching orders ahead of local government elections](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/Wqaw0dkzqGk/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 107,119 | 1:52 | - |
| [The day that was: Phala Phala theft convictions, Agrizzi's R1.66bn bombshell and US midterms drama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/Oseeb6ak4D8/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 26,038 | 6:58 | 2.61x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Uzohlawula R1.6 billion uAgrizzi, udedelwe nge-bail uMax Makhanya](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/CabFubvkqxg/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 19,685 | 6:43 | 1.7x |
| [LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS EXPLAINED: What's the tea?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/E9hnRP-65u4/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 3,041 | 5:08 | - |
| [LGE 2026 \| Meet Durban’s mayoral candidates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/-MWcBza7N2Q/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 5,212 | 3:48 | - |
| [The day that was: Johnson, Khan get bail. CT airport chaos. Did Epstein traffic girls to UK castle?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/Plebby2J9i4/) | 2026-10-30 | Long-form | 19,175 | 7:31 | 1.16x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Baboshiwe oFeroz Khan benoAndrea Johnson, uphefumula ngokuxoshwa kwakhe uNomvalo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/Y0122EDo-rY/) | 2026-10-30 | Long-form | 7,828 | 6:27 | - |
| [The world this week with Jane Dutton (26-30 October 2026)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/AXxCJMTCipc/) | 2026-10-30 | Short | 2,060 | 2:55 | - |
| [LGE \| The story behind the treat named after a ‘twee-gesig’ politician](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/14zPB76kRDM/) | 2026-10-30 | Long-form | 3,850 | 5:37 | - |
| [The day that was: Mkhwanazi tipped for Hawks. 12 dead in CT taxi violence. SA eyes Olympic glory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/5csrOTbJ6Y4/) | 2026-10-29 | Long-form | 46,338 | 8:16 | 2.35x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Uqokelwa ukuba yinhloko yamaHawks uMkhwanazi, yazi izimpawu zokuqala kwe-stroke](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/-u9lDTxGPxk/) | 2026-10-29 | Long-form | 37,454 | 9:53 | 1.77x |
| [LGE 2026 \| Get to know your Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral candidates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/d4xoEaqiJsk/) | 2026-10-29 | Long-form | 6,758 | 6:10 | - |
| [The day that was: Carrim gets bail, stays jailed. 60 die in Spain crash. Bolsonaro flees Brazil](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/MzApTva2syA/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 21,727 | 8:28 | 1.18x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Wenza udoor-to-door eThekwini uRamaphosa, uyitholile i-bail uCarrim kodwa akayi ndawo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/70O6SjlyRcw/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 15,126 | 7:27 | - |
| ['Our children could die': Illegal mining pits put Bapong residents at risk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/5RDnUdnQ4ok/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 5,774 | 6:44 | - |
| [The day that was: Illegal miners wreck homes, taxpayers pay Mchunu's legal bill, Israel votes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/rOgDYSnrfFA/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 24,461 | 9:30 | 1.08x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Yenze isivumelwano nohulumeni iBhinca Nation, ufakwa imibuzo umseshi ecaleni likaAKA](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/1qz6SojZ8qY/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 24,360 | 9:59 | 1.06x |
| [‘We feel like we are forgotten’ – uMshwathi Local Municipality residents](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/_7UEbxtowlg/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 3,236 | 3:51 | - |
| [LGE 2026 \| Get to know your Mangaung mayoral candidates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/o5uP9PLvLMA/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 10 | 5:10 | - |
| [The day that was: UJ campus vandalised, EFF spy scandal, children worst hit by contaminated water](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/RS6vF9yRJCA/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 22,434 | 7:57 | 1.07x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Ziyaqiniswa futhi ezokuphepha KwaZulu-Natal, ugeq' amagula kwiKhampempe uDe Kok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/NJyKpPkHS1I/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 26,447 | 8:45 | 1.47x |
| [LGE 2026 \| Get to know your Cape Town mayoral candidates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/o-UyxiUceCw/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 9,965 | 7:27 | - |
| [Somizi Mhlongo on passion, legacy and carving his own path in entertainment](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/vgPYzWVn3-A/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 9,545 | 6:16 | - |
| [The day that was: Cop crushed to death, AKA's alleged shadow, Meghan's shocking family revelations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/ASHUW0pK_LA/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 34,538 | 6:55 | 2.37x |
| [‘There was no “No Entry” sign’ – Westbank land occupants in Nelson Mandela Bay](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/Yy-DTVOqpnw/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 4,935 | 6:55 | - |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Bashaqekile kubulawa iphoyisa eLichtenburg, iMK ishintsha abaholi kubhekwe okhethweni](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/xHYJ0GlG9uE/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 23,372 | 6:53 | 1.38x |
| [Quickfire Questions with Somizi Mhlongo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/yprtS0qYfiQ/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 3,370 | 2:56 | - |
| [The world this week with Jane Dutton (19 -23 October 2026)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/mySmBLCBxNg/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 1,854 | 2:55 | - |
| [LGE \| The growing scourge of extortion in Khayelitsha](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/GNNzLG1uK5A/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 1,758 | 0:50 | - |
| [The day that was: Foreigner beaten to death in Durban, AKA's 'stalker', Kasrils' memory lapses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/9XZN7AYapFs/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 58,534 | 6:19 | 3.99x |
| [Kwezanamuhla: Kubulewe owokufika emashini eThekwini, liyamgojela icala uMziwethemba Gwabini](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/QuRzzO5UL84/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 16,908 | 8:42 | 1.22x |
| [The day that was: SA growth downgraded, woman's alleged fake kidnapping, teacher accused of rape](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@eyewitnessnewsza/videos/N33_ANMcdD8/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 20,267 | 7:10 | 1.45x |

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