Free
SportyTV
PriceFree
A Saturday game every week, Christmas Day, the All-Star Game, selected Play-In games and the playoffs through the Finals.
Official site ↗Season guide · 2026-27 · Times in South Africa
The NBA in South Africa
The short answer
In South Africa the NBA is on SuperSport (DStv), ESPN Africa (also on Disney+) and, free-to-air, SportyTV, with League Pass for every game. There are 53 games in the next seven days, 4 of them before half past midnight; the next tip-off is Friday 23 October at 22:00.
53games in the next 7 days
4at a watchable hour
0Players from South Africa
Next tip-offWatchable live
CHIBulls
22:00Friday 23 October
MILBucks
The week, in your time
Every game of the next seven days converted to local time. The highlighted ones start at an hour you can actually watch live. Watchable live
Tomorrow11 games
Friday 23 October3 games
Saturday 24 October11 games
Sunday 25 October9 games
Monday 26 October6 games
Tuesday 27 October9 games
Wednesday 28 October4 games
Where to watch
Every legal way to watch, what each one covers and what it costs. Prices are the list prices we checked, not offers.
TV channel
SuperSport (DStv · DStv Stream)
PriceIn DStv Compact
Selected live regular-season and playoff games and the All-Star Weekend.
Official site ↗Streaming
ESPN Africa on Disney+
PriceDisney+ subscription
The NBA Sunday Night game all season (live at 2:30am), both Conference Finals and the NBA Finals.
Official site ↗Every game
NBA League Pass
PriceMonthly and season passes (also through Vodacom); rand price at checkout
Every game live and on demand.
Official site ↗Players from South Africa
Every player the league lists from this country, with this season's numbers and his last game.
No player from this country is on an NBA roster this season.
Two in the morning, or Saturday night
From South Africa the NBA is mostly a two-to-half-past-five-in-the-morning habit. The exceptions come at the weekend: games that start in the American afternoon land between seven and midnight in Johannesburg, and SportyTV puts a Saturday game on free every week. The week above shows everything in SAST and highlights the evening starts.
Where the games are
SuperSport carries a selection of games on DStv Compact, ESPN Africa has the Sunday night game and the biggest series of the playoffs, available on Disney+ in South Africa, and SportyTV covers the free-to-air side. Showmax, which carried games last season, closed in April 2026. League Pass is the only way to see every game.
Questions fans ask
Can I watch the NBA for free in South Africa?
Yes. SportyTV shows a free game every Saturday, plus Christmas Day, the All-Star Game and the playoffs through the Finals.
Is the NBA on Disney+ in South Africa?
Yes, ESPN Africa's games, including the Sunday night game and the Finals, stream on Disney+.
What time are NBA games in South Africa?
Mostly between 2am and 5:30am SAST, with weekend afternoon games in the US arriving in the evening.
Watching from somewhere else
Sources
- Sportcal, ESPN Africa NBA pay-TV agreement (26 May 2026)
- Sportcal, SportyTV lands NBA rights (13 May 2026)
- IOL, MultiChoice closes Showmax (5 Mar 2026)
Rights and prices checked on 20 October 2026.