Verdict
radio-south-africa.co.za is moderately trusted.
Most signals looked ordinary, and some evidence was missing. Read the checks below before you pay or hand over personal details.
| What this site appears to be | Radio South Africa is a directory-style site listing online radio stations and podcasts by genre and region; includes login/register flows and a privacy/consent banner. No financial or phishing indicators beyond normal account forms. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 9.0 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2017728 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YE2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2017.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
Radio South Africa is a directory-style media portal presenting online radio stations, podcasts, music genres, and regional categories, with account registration and login functionality; its apparent business model is advertising- and media-supported rather than financial or investment-based.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a consistent radio-directory purpose, with no detected phishing, brand-impersonation, cryptocurrency, investment, or other financial solicitation indicators. Behavioral inspection did identify six suspicious inline scripts, substantial DOM changes after interaction, and external network activity, but these observations were not accompanied by cloaking, hidden forms, wallet activity, clipboard manipulation, or an untrusted password destination; they therefore represent a technical review consideration rather than evidence of a confirmed scam. External reputation checks returned no malicious or suspicious detections, and no broker-reputation match was identified.
- Homepage: classified as a radio directory/media portal with no red-flag content or financial claims.
- Homepage behavior: 6 suspicious inline scripts, 1,997 maximum DOM mutations, 42 external XHR requests, and 13 external POST requests were observed across 2 successful runs.
- Homepage behavior: 0 wallet-connect runs, 0 wallet-sensitive runs, 0 wallet-drainer runs, 0 clipboard-hijack runs, and 0 hidden forms were recorded.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site's apparent activity is general media publishing rather than a regulated financial service, so no financial license claim was expected from the presented business model. Nevertheless, the available material does not independently verify the real-world operator, and the site's legal or governance disclosure is unclear; this is a transparency matter, not an identity contradiction. The privacy interface indicates consent management for advertising and analytics processing, including processing by 1,733 partners and possible precise-geolocation or device-scanning functions, which warrants review before account or consent decisions. The site's established registration continuity, sustained archival presence, valid transport encryption, and clean external reputation are affirmative indicators supporting an apparently established service.
- Domain registration: registered 2017-08-17T11:20:14Z; age 8.99 years; registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC; expiry 2027-08-17T11:20:14Z.
- Web archive: 728 snapshots spanning 2017-09-04T06:57:12Z to 2026-07-16T13:51:07Z, covering 10 years with a maximum gap of 1 year.
- Hosting: served from AS16276, OVH - OVH SAS, FR.
- Transport encryption: TLS certificate issued by YE2 with DV validation, valid to 2026-10-15T23:23:07+00:00.
What to Verify Next
Before sensitive account activity, the operator's legal identity and official contact channels should be matched through an independent source rather than relying solely on on-site statements. Privacy and consent choices should be reviewed carefully, particularly where advertising, analytics, geolocation, or device-related processing is presented. Any paid feature, premium account, or material commercial commitment should be checked for clear pricing, cancellation terms, and payment protections before proceeding.
- Operator verification: compare the site's stated entity and contact details with an independently obtained business or media-sector record.
- Privacy controls: review the consent options, processing purposes, partner disclosures, and withdrawal mechanism before accepting optional processing.
- Commercial interaction: confirm applicable terms, pricing, refund or cancellation provisions, and payment protections before making a material commitment.
Summary Verdict
The website presents a moderate-trust posture: its purpose is coherent, its operating history and technical continuity are substantial, and no active scam or impersonation indicators were identified. Confidence is limited because the real-world operator is not independently verified and the site’s governance disclosures are not fully clear.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site uses a CDN/WAF layer, with observed addresses associated with edge infrastructure and no origin server address observable in this analysis. This arrangement is a mitigating protection against direct origin exposure, but it does not by itself establish the operator's legitimacy or prevent rapid content changes.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary browsing and proportionate account use may proceed, while sensitive information and high-value commitments should follow the independent identity, privacy, and commercial checks outlined above.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-12 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
2 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by registration and ownership, behaviour in a sandbox.
01 Governance Risk
- The public registration record for this domain is incomplete.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_INCOMPLETE
02 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The page made background requests to destinations TrustSniffer does not recognise.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_NONWHITELISTED_XHR - The page carried inline scripts written in a style TrustSniffer treats as suspicious.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_SUSPICIOUS_INLINE_SCRIPTS - The structure of the page changed sharply while it was loading.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_DOM_DENSITY_SPIKE - The page sent data to a destination TrustSniffer does not recognise.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_NONWHITELISTED_POSTS - The page exchanged network traffic with destinations TrustSniffer does not recognise.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_NONWHITELISTED_TRAFFIC - Most of what the page loaded came from other domains rather than from this one.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_EXTERNAL_RATIO_HIGH
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of radio-south-africa.co.za.
- The request stayed on radio-south-africa.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under GoDaddy.com, LLC. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by domaincontrol.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-17. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2017-09-04. Clear
- It is hosted on OVH, from a server in FR. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | GoDaddy.com, LLC |
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| Hosting | OVH - OVH SAS, FR |
| Country | FR |
| Server IP | 2001:41d0:24f:6900:: |
| Name servers | ns81.domaincontrol.com, ns82.domaincontrol.com |
| SSL issuer | YE2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-15 |
| Domain age | 8.99 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-17 |
| Archive first seen | 2017-09-04 |
| Archive snapshots | 728 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about radio-south-africa.co.za at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.