6+ hour ago   (694+ words) With just days remaining before the final voter registration weekend for the November local government elections, political parties are beginning to unveil the mayoral candidates they hope will take over the country’s economic powerhouse after the polls. While the ANC…...

7+ hour, 25+ min ago   (453+ words) Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says Myanmar has agreed to take 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers from Malaysia, where there has recently been tension between the refugees and local communities. Speaking at a campaign rally on Wednesday ahead of regional elections in…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (344+ words) The department of labour has raised alarm on farms in and around Komatipoort and Malelane, Mpumalanga, hiring undocumented foreign nationals, predominantly Mozambicans. This comes after a recent multidisciplinary inspection of six farms, including Tomahawk Farm, led to the discovery of…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (495+ words) Israeli strikes killed at least three people, including two children, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as mediators held new talks with Hamas leaders to work towards full implementation of a US-brokered Gaza peace plan. Medics said…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (709+ words) Russia pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, killing eight people in overnight attacks on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, decrying shortages of air defence supplies and urging allies to help. Russia launched more than 70 missiles and…...

13+ hour, 40+ min ago   (137+ words) Sowetan READER LETTER | Dialogue on immigration long overdue The Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation could not have thought of a better time than the present to conduct the “Dialogue Among Adults” event. It has been long overdue; it should have ideally taken…...

13+ hour, 28+ min ago   (427+ words) Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has announced he’ll be releasing billions of rand in service delivery funds he withheld for 30 days to 69 municipalities over accountability and performance issues. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Godongwana said he was not unblocking about…...

18+ hour, 13+ min ago   (598+ words) Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee has voted to appeal directly to the Constitutional Court to challenge the Western Cape High Court’s interim interdict halting public hearings on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment inquiry. The decision came after lengthy debate in which most…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (823+ words) A new Jewish-Arab political party — A Place for Us All — is courting young voters ahead of Israel’s October election. But critics say it risks weakening the bid by the already under-represented Arab minority to unseat prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (696+ words) The DA is targeting 60 of South Africa’s 257 municipalities as it seeks to more than double its governing footprint in the local government elections set for November 4, according to Ashor Sarupen, the party’s campaign manager and deputy finance minister. Sarupen said…...