The Sowetan, the English-language South African daily newspaper that started in 1981 as a liberation struggle publication and which serves a proudly South African readership who have earned the right to be in the know and on
the move.
- Royal family member Inkosi Mabhudi Tembe dies in KZN car crashTributes have been pouring in after the death of Inkosi Mabhudi Tembe of the Tembe royal family who was killed in a car accident on the N2 on Sunday morning. Read more »
- Death toll from blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas port rises to 40The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire. Read more »
- Police offer R350k reward for missing constablesConstables Linda Cebekhulu, 24, Keamogetswe Buys, 30 and Boipelo Senoge, 20, were last seen on April 23 at the Engen garage near the Grasmere toll plaza along the N1. Read more »
- Rolls-Royce unveils one-of-one Black Badge Cullinan DaisyThis week marks the unveiling of another Bespoke Rolls-Royce commission — the Black Badge Cullinan Daisy. Read more »
- Madrid F1 circuit can be the world's best, says Carlos SainzMadrid's Madring Formula One circuit can host the best race on the calendar when it debuts next season, according to home driver Carlos Sainz. Read more »
- Mchunu to attend KZN bail hearing for man who 'gouged ex-lover's eyes with screwdriver'Police minister Senzo Mchunu will be in the Richmond magistrate's court in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday for the bail hearing of a man who allegedly used a screwdriver to gouge the eyes of his former lover. Read more »
- IN PICS | Several roads still closed on Monday after Tokai, Silvermine blazesSeveral roads remained closed in the Cape Peninsula on Monday after blazes in the Upper Tokai and Silvermine sections of Table Mountain National Park which started on Friday evening. Read more »
- Two dead, including 6-year-old, after water tanker crashes into PMB homesTwo people, including a six-year-old child, were killed when a water tanker transporting drinking water to Edendale in Pietermaritzburg crashed into two residential homes on Sunday evening. Read more »
- Court orders VAT hike suspendedThe Western Cape High Court has ordered the VAT hike suspended — until Parliament passes legislation making Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s decision to reverse the VAT hike an act of Parliament. Read more »
- Alex Marquez triumphs in Spain with maiden MotoGP victoryGresini Racing's Alex Marquez claimed his first MotoGP race victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to snatch the championship lead from his elder brother Marc, who crashed early in the race and finished 12th. Read more »
