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23 hours ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Malaika Mahlatsi |Chip Somodevilla

Newly arrived South Africans listen to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar (R) deliver welcome statements in a hangar at Atlantic Aviation Dulles near Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2025 in Dulles, Virginia. The Episcopal Church, which has a long history of resettling refugees in the US, took a bold decision by rejecting a directive from the Donald Trump administration to resettle Afrikaner “refugees” from SA.

1 day ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Kopano Gumbi |Alan Eason

South Africa's official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% from 31.9% in the final quarter of last year. File photo South Africa's unemployment rate rose in the first quarter of this year, with statisticians fretting that increasing numbers of people appear to have given up looking for work. The country's official unemployment rate — one of the highest in the world — rose to 32.9% from 31.9% in the final quarter of last year.

1 day ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Masego Seemela

Media personality Nandi Madida embarks on a new journey. Musician and presenter Nandi Madida’s new podcast series, The Motherhood Podcast, launched on Mother’s Day. The platform aims to highlight authentic motherhood experiences through the lens of influential guests including Basetsana Kumalo, Judy Dlamini and Nellie Balfour. Madida, a mother of two, tells Sowetan how she plans to reshape the narrative on motherhood with the podcast. Why is it fitting to launch your podcast now?

1 day ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jack Queen |Luc Cohen

Janice Combs, mother of Sean Combs, outside the court on the first day in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges at US court in Manhattan, New York City, on May 12 2025. A male stripper took the stand on the first day of Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial on Monday and testified he had sex with the hip-hop mogul's then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura for money many times in 2012 and 2013 while Combs watched and masturbated.

2 days ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Tebogo Khaas |Antonio Muchave

The past few weeks have not only revealed the perils of misinformation, disinformation, and abuse of the digital public square but also offered a contrasting example of responsible publishing, says the writer. In recent weeks, South Africans have been united in mourning the tragic loss of three police constables from the Free State who perished in Gauteng while en route to their official anti-crime deployment in the Limpopo.