Verdict
tvsa.co.za appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | TVSA: South African TV listings and entertainment news site with numerous articles, show teasers, channel lists and a cookie/consent system. Content-heavy, editorial in nature. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- 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 | 21 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2006829 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2006.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
TVSA is a South African television and entertainment website presenting programme listings, channel schedules, show teasers, reviews, entertainment news, actor information, community features, and user accounts. Its apparent business model is an established, advertising-supported editorial and television-listings service.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The site’s homepage and content structure are consistent with an editorial television-media service rather than a deceptive financial, investment, or credential-harvesting operation. The reviewed page contains no sensitive form, external password form, wallet connection, cloaking, clipboard activity, or other abuse mechanism; independent reputation checks also returned no malicious, suspicious, phishing, or blacklist findings. The domain’s sustained history and continuous content presence further support continuity of the identified TVSA service.
- The homepage presents television listings, show reviews, teasers, channel schedules, actor content, articles, and community features.
- Domain registration evidence records creation on 2006-02-16 and an age of 20.49 years.
- Web-archive evidence records 829 snapshots spanning 2006–2026, with 21 years tracked.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious findings, 0 suspicious findings, and no blacklist detection.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The reviewed content presents TVSA as an editorial and advertising-supported media website, not as a financial, investment, or other clearly regulated service. No licensing claim or license number is identified in the supplied site content; for this apparent business model, that is a limited disclosure point rather than evidence of deceptive conduct. The available broker-reputation context contains no matching record, and the site’s established publishing activity, valid transport security, and identifiable hosting support a legitimate operational profile.
- The homepage and navigation identify the service as “South Africa’s TV Website” and provide extensive television and entertainment content.
- The site’s stated operating model is ad-supported editorial publishing, with advertising, analytics, and tracking elements consistent with a content website.
- The domain is registered through 1-Grid, with expiry recorded as 2027-02-16.
- The site’s hosting infrastructure is served by AS36943, 1 GRID (PTY) LTD, ZA; its TLS certificate is DV-validated, issued by Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, and valid through 2026-12-12.
What to Verify Next
For enterprise onboarding or partnership purposes, confirm the current publisher and commercial contact details through an independently sourced business channel and retain the applicable terms and advertising-disclosure pages in the due-diligence record. If any future offering under the TVSA identity involves a regulated financial or commercial activity, verify the relevant authorization directly with the applicable South African registry before relying on that offering.
- The homepage provides a substantial editorial catalogue and account-navigation structure suitable for routine publisher and audience engagement.
- The site uses a cookie-consent mechanism, making its privacy and consent selections appropriate items for routine organizational review.
Summary Verdict
TVSA presents a legitimate, established, and trustworthy website with a coherent editorial purpose and no observed scam or impersonation indicators. Normal interaction, including account login and standard account use, is appropriate within the site’s stated media and entertainment function.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to infrastructure operated by 1 GRID (PTY) LTD in South Africa, with no CDN or WAF identified and two likely origin addresses observed. This is a conventional, attributable hosting arrangement; the valid Sectigo DV certificate provides transport encryption, while the absence of an identified CDN is a neutral infrastructure characteristic rather than a legitimacy concern.
- Hosting provider: 1 GRID (PTY) LTD - 1 GRID (PTY) LTD, ZA; ASN AS36943; registry AFRINIC; country ZA.
- Infrastructure resolution recorded 2 unique IP addresses, 0 edge IP addresses, and 2 likely origin IP addresses.
- TLS validation level: DV; issuer: Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36; valid to 2026-12-12T23:59:59+00:00.
Closing Assessment
Standard browsing, account login, and ordinary site interaction may proceed normally; institutional users should retain routine third-party and commercial due-diligence records appropriate to any partnership or advertising engagement.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-10 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
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 tvsa.co.za.
- The request stayed on tvsa.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under 1-Grid. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by 1-grid.com, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-02-16. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2006-05-21. Clear
- It is hosted on 1 GRID (PTY) LTD, from a server in ZA. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | 1-Grid |
|---|---|
| Hosting | 1 GRID (PTY) LTD - 1 GRID (PTY) LTD, ZA |
| Country | ZA |
| Server IP | 41.185.24.250 |
| Name servers | petra.ns.1-grid.com, petra.ns.1-grid.co.za, petra.ns.1-grid.co.uk, petra.ns.1-grid.net |
| SSL issuer | Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-12-12 |
| Domain age | 20.5 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-02-16 |
| Archive first seen | 2006-05-21 |
| Archive snapshots | 829 |
| 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 tvsa.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.