BRIEFLY News: South Africa Hot & Breaking News v5.0.0
APK · 938 KB · version code 68 · Android 4.4+ · uploaded Dec 15, 2025
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File information
- Version
- v5.0.0 (68)
- Uploaded
- Dec 15, 2025
- Size
- 938 KB
- Requires
- Android 4.4+ (API 19)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Screen
- Small screens and larger
- MD5
- 12ca737705239ef9e92eb0617ffd205f
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)
- DA:E3:8D:E2:88:25:56:DE:56:93:9B:24:E5:C9:58:88:88:19:82:1A
- Signed by
- CN=Volodymyr Chernyshov, O=Insomnia, L=Kiev, C=UA
- File name
- ua-insomnia-rsa-newsi-68-72832228-12ca737705239ef9e92eb0617ffd205f.apk
- Package
- ua.insomnia.rsa.newsi
- Downloads (all versions)
- 500K+
- Age rating
- PEGI 3 · Everyone
What's new in v5.0.0
⭐️ Over 450 000+ users have installed Briefly app to read trending news and popular stories from BRIEFLY.co.za - leading news portal in South Africa (SA).
⭐️ Small size app (less than 10MB) with offline reading provides a possibility to read daily info and news update on the latest SA news headlines, economic, political, sport, world news, opinions, local news, gossips, stories of celebrities, lifestyle, fashion, social stories, etc, for free.
⭐️ We have increased the loading speed of the news.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
- Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Dec 15, 2025.
- Certificate issued to “Insomnia” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Store checks
- Developer signature verified Dec 15, 2025
- Validated against Google Play Dec 15, 2025
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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