3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (235+ words) Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Thursday appointed his influential daughter as head of a planned special economic zone in the capital Tashkent that is part of a wider drive to attract foreign investment into the Central Asian state. Saida Mirziyoyeva,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (654+ words) Social Justice News Reporter Some residents in a Johannesburg west township who have not paid for electricity for more than a year, and where only 11% of the population pays for power, have blamed City Power for their continued refusal to…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (757+ words) Lesotho designer Teboho Hlehlehe wants Basotho people to see their culture as something to inherit and preserve, but also as a legacy to keep on building. The 27-year-old graphic designer from Maseru is among eight young creatives from Lesotho chosen…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (241+ words) Senegal must clear billions of dollars in payment arrears as part of efforts to restore its public finances, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo said on Tuesday. The arrears, which stood at 1.956-trillion CFA francs ($3.5bn or R56.01bn) as of March 2025, risk…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (343+ words) Pretoria businessman Lucas Legabe, who has been linked to the R200m cocaine heist from a secure Hawks storage facility in November 2021, claimed he was tortured to implicate police officers, when he made a bid for bail on Tuesday. The 49-year-old appeared…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (395+ words) In the past few days, police have arrested at least nine people in Emfuleni in separate cases linked to allegations of corruption first brought to light by slain whistleblower Martha Rantsofu. On Monday, the suspects appeared at the Vanderbijlpark magistrate’s…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (59+ words) WATCH LIVE | Inter-ministerial committee briefs media on migration Sowetan RECORDED | Interministerial committee briefs media on migration The interministerial committee (IMC) on migration is on Tuesday briefing the media to provide an update on the government’s approach to migration management. President Cyril…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (453+ words) Consumers in township and rural areas are being forced to travel farther to find the products they need because small businesses there face barriers that make it difficult for them to grow and compete. This is according to recent research…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (527+ words) Social Justice News Reporter Households are continuing to feel the pinch, with the latest Cost of Living Report from the Competition Commission highlighting how the prices of essential goods and services are putting pressure on household budgets. The report, which…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1047+ words) African countries have committed themselves to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and protecting their people from the worsening effects of climate change. These commitments form part of the Paris Agreement, an international climate treaty adopted in 2015 in which countries agreed to…...