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.
- 'No conclusive evidence found of rape or sexual assault in Cwecwe case': NPAThe National Prosecuting Authority has announced that it will not proceed with prosecution in an alleged rape case involving a seven-year old girl in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. Read more »
- Eight killed in shooting in UmlaziEight people were shot dead in an informal settlement in Umlazi, south of Durban, on Friday night. Read more »
- Armed robbery and attempted kidnapping of Meyiwa murder investigatorThe former investigator was robbed of his firearm and ammunition, a laptop, USBs, and documentation related to the Meyiwa trial, just after midnight on Thursday. Read more »
- Endumeni municipality sitting on damning report alleging corruptionThe IFP leadership in Endumeni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is sitting on a damning report on the findings of a forensic investigation which implicates councillors, officials and a municipal manager in fraud, corruption and maladministration relating to the awarding of a multimillion-rand security tender. Read more »
- Cold fronts to move into Cape next week, gale-force winds forecastForecasters say freezing levels are expected to drop considerably, creating conditions favourable for some snowfall over high-lying areas and a general drop in temperatures next week. Read more »
- Education department to ensure that no boy child is left behind, says Gwarube"Let us write a new story for the boy child. Let us provide him with space to cry without shame, to dream without limit and to rise without fear." Read more »
- SA-born artist Marlene Dumas breaks record with R246m saleMarlene Dumas' provocative 2.74m-tall oil painting 'Miss January' sold for a staggering $13.635m (R246.7m) on Wednesday, setting a new world record for a living female artist. Read more »
- Man attacks wife to death with axe over child support grantNhlonipho Ntombi Maseko had just gotten off the bus, returning home from work at about 6pm on Monday when she was murdered, allegedly by her children's father who had been stalking her for a while. Read more »
- Edwin Sodi Rooiwal firms are not off the hookTshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says the city is still pursuing the blacklisting of companies involved in the failed upgrading of the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant. Read more »
- 'They made a mistake': Steenhuisen slams Afrikaners who fled to USMinister of agriculture John Steenhuisen has criticised the group of 49 Afrikaners who recently sought refuge in the US, saying they have made a mistake. Read more »
