4+ day, 1+ 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,…...

4+ day, 1+ 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…...

5+ day, 3+ 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…...

6+ day, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 10+ 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, 1+ day 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, 1+ day 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (674+ words) As South Africa prepares to mark World Literacy Day on Tuesday, September 8, we should ask a fundamental question: What do we really mean when we say someone is literate? Too often, literacy in South Africa is treated as synonymous with…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (894+ words) Corporate South Africa has become very good at putting products into townships. It builds shopping malls, opens national retail chains, paints spaza shops in corporate colours, sponsors community events and launches advertising campaigns featuring township streets, music, slang and celebrities....