thefuse.co.za

Scanned 23 Oct 2026Fresh929 checks

In its own wordsLooks like: Blog or news siteTHE FUSEDiscover reliable news from diverse sources on The Fuse. Stay updated with the news in one convenient place, all at your fingertips.

thefuse.co.za looks like a blog or news site, is ranked in the top 10,000 sites and was registered in 2021. It is built with jQuery; we found no traces of an AI site builder.

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 10K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Top 1KTop 10KTop 100KTop 1MOutside top 1M

Tranco: #9,556 · Chrome UX Report: Top 5,000 · Majestic Million: Not ranked

Each list, with its date

Source	Says	As of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.	#9,556	list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.	Top 5,000	Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0	Not ranked	list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

Built with jQuery and Swiper.

jQueryJavaScript libraryShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 62
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<script src="https://cdn.thefuse.co.za/jquery-3.7.1.min.js">
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SwiperJavaScript libraryShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 64
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<script src="https://cdn.thefuse.co.za/thefuse/swiper.js">
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Everything else it uses (11)

Around it: CDN, DNS, Email, Tag manager and more.

cdnjsCDNShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 68
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-modal/0.9.1/jquery.modal.min.js">
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Evidence · response header
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cf-ray: a4f3070b1d45cdb7-NRT
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Amazon Route 53DNSShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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thefuse.co.za NS ns-1416.awsdns-49.org.
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Evidence · DNS record
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thefuse.co.za MX 1 aspmx.l.google.com.
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Google Tag ManagerTag managerShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 30
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…j.async = true; j.src = 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=' + i + dl; f.parentNode.insertBefo…
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TealiumTag managerShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 717
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…(function( a, b, c, d ) { a = 'https://tags.tiqcdn.com/utag/vodafone/za-thefuse-mobi-main/prod…
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Google Ad ManagerAdvertisingShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 47
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<script async="" src="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js">
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OutbrainAdvertisingShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 3938
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…ement('script'); script.src = 'https://widgets.outbrain.com/outbrain.js'; script.async = true; sc…
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OneSignalMarketingShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 17
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<script src="https://cdn.onesignal.com/sdks/web/v16/OneSignalSDK.page.js" defer="">
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Google Search ConsoleSEOShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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thefuse.co.za TXT google-site-verification=kYrKMyqGgwV1IHlXhvqs4Z8XnUFcri0JURiaJwP2QQI
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Google FontsFontsShow evidenceHide evidence

Evidence · page source, line 4274

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600;1,700&display=swap">

Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

4 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Domain registered15 Jan 2021, 5 years agoNoted
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted

Every signal we looked at

On the site

Contact pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
About pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Refund or returns policyNo link found on the home pageNot found
Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
Company detailsNo company name or address foundNot found
Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
Trackers2 analytics and advertising tools: Google Ad Manager, OutbrainNoted

Behind the site

Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
Domain registered15 Jan 2021, 5 years agoNotedWHOIS (whois.registry.net.za)
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Protective settingsNone in placeNot found
Email protectionPartly protected against forged emailPartlyDNS records

A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it

What it is

Website Summary

Looks like: Blog or news site.

In its own wordsTHE FUSEDiscover reliable news from diverse sources on The Fuse. Stay updated with the news in one convenient place, all at your fingertips.

Our reading of the page, medium confidence.

Show evidence (4)Hide evidence

Exhibit 1 · its own title or description

THE FUSE · Discover reliable news from diverse sources on The Fuse. Stay updated with the news in one convenient place, all at your fingertips.

Exhibit 2 · page source, line 774

<a href="/news/e1FQzEn">Raw sewage floods this Durban main road African Insider 4h</a>

Exhibit 3 · visible text

…rokered by Melania Trump ’ TimesLive 4h read more Latest News articles Elections SABC New…

Exhibit 4 · visible text

…THE FUSE Latest News Elections Editor`s Pick Celebrity News…

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More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts

Find them on

The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.

AI use

AI training: doesn’t ask AI training crawlers to stay away.
AI assistants: may read it for the people who ask them.

What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name: Not given
Language: English (en)
What it tells search engines: None

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

No AI builder traces found.

Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.

AI traces: None found

How we know

AI site builders leave traces in the sites they make. We look for the traces of 53 of them and show every match with the line it came from, so you can check it yourself.

We test this on 2,312 sites whose makers we know, and publish what we get wrong.

How we test it · Every builder we know · How to tell if a site was built with AI

Score breakdown

Site Score

89 of 100: strong trust signals.

How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections11 / 15

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10

Why each part scored what it did

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30contact page linked · email and phone not both given · privacy policy linked · terms linked · no payments seen, so no refund policy needed · about page linked

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 5 years ago

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 10K in a popularity list

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections11 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · doesn’t insist on HTTPS · no protective settings

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · doesn’t tell search engines what it is

A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 2021; first archived in 2022.

15 Jan 2021Domain registeredWHOIS (whois.registry.net.za)
25 Feb 2022First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
23 Oct 2026This scanCheckAnySite

In the web archive: captured in 6 of 6 years · see the first capture

2021: captured
2022: captured
2023: captured
2024: captured
2025: captured
2026: captured

Changes, earlier scans and alerts

Since our previous scan: This is our first scan of the site.

How we scanned it

Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.

Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.

This scan, in numbers

929 checks on 23 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

Questions about thefuse.co.za

What is thefuse.co.za?

thefuse.co.za describes itself: “Discover reliable news from diverse sources on The Fuse. Stay updated with the news in one convenient place, all at your fingertips.” It looks like a blog or news site. See the evidence

How old is thefuse.co.za?

Its domain was registered on 15 Jan 2021, 5 years ago. See the evidence

What is thefuse.co.za built with?

It is built with jQuery; we found 13 technologies in all. See the evidence

How popular is thefuse.co.za?

It is among the top 10,000 sites, by Tranco and Chrome UX Report. See the evidence

Was thefuse.co.za made with AI?

We found no traces of an AI site builder. That doesn’t prove a person built it: AI coding assistants leave no traces. See the evidence

More sites like this: blog or news site

Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 23 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

What this scan can’t tell you

Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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