The Sowetan Headlines Today

Hunger, lack of scholar transport drive flood victims back to their damaged homes

‘We cannot lie’: MK Party accuses ad hoc committee of ‘colour-coding’ corruption report

Why Senona skipped polygraph test after R200m cocaine theft at Hawks office

Madlanga: Five things to know about R200m drug theft and Feroz Khan’s sick note

Labuschagne axed for SA ODIs as Australia look to the future

Pitso says he is now in better position to coach Bafana

Zambia’s chaotic election casts a shadow over Hichilema’s swearing-in

Iozzo case withdrawn as billionaire businessman vows to sue state

EXPLAINER | Legal council details readmission steps for disbarred lawyers

Pitso all but confirms he’ll look beyond Mkhalele for Bafana assistant post

How sick note Maj-Gen Khan submitted to police was backdated

Downs shift focus to Milford after reaching final

IEC calls ANC’s candidate submission claims into question

RAF office assets to be auctioned over unpaid R7.4m claim

Gossip blogger Musa Khawula must apologise or face jail time or fine

Disbarred Malesela Teffo says he can practise — legal council says not

US refusals of crucial newborn vitamin rise, raising risk of dangerous bleeding

Warrant issued for disbarred advocate Teffo after court stunt

From Beetles to Polos: Volkswagen celebrates 75 years in South Africa

Deep-sea team joins search for missing in Cyprus ferry disaster

45 sheep stolen from Free State farm, police call for assistance

Between Meetings | Lasizwe on ‘Masked Singer SA’, sale of R3.8m home and his next property

Siviwe Gwarube warns of R120bn school infrastructure shortfall

OBITUARY | Former French prime minister Édouard Balladur dies at 97

Limpopo records 13% fewer murders

Nepal rescuers reach remote areas in search of thousands missing after devastating floods

NICD urges vaccination after rotavirus death reported

Madlanga inquiry quizzes Lt-Gen on R200m cocaine stolen from Hawks office

THOMAS BRENNAN | Why democracy must defend itself from information power

BREAKING | Pitso Mosimane finally confirmed by Safa as new Bafana coach

26 years since Dingaan ‘The Rose’ Thobela’s dramatic WBC win

Zuluboy is ‘chasing the American dream’ with Timbaland collab contest

WATCH LIVE | Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke releases the Victims of Crime report

WATCH | Toyota Starlet jumps from zero to four stars in Global NCAP retest

After pupil’s shooting rampage, Thai school reopens under tight security

‘All the joy he gave us’: Argentinians thank Messi as he announces international retirement

WATCH LIVE | TMPD officer Peter ‘Gagash’ Nonyane and wife Charlotte Tibana’s bail hearing

WATCH LIVE | ‘Cat’ Matlala and co-accused back in court

Reducing Indonesia wildfires will be challenging as El Niño peaks this month, minister warns

WATCH LIVE | Businessman Brown Mogotsi back in court

‘Ripping off residents’: DA slams R1.2m salary paid to Mkhwanazi

READER LETTER | Avoid spring bashes tragedies

WATCH LIVE | Madlanga commission continues

READER LETTER | A new party for the East Rand

Honda and Nissan target joint vehicle software rollout from 2029

Volvo Cars to close Stockholm office in efficiency drive

Sleepy woman mistaken for a corpse

A flavour-packed cultural celebration: win tickets to the Soweto Kota Festival

From classroom to commercial farming

ANZIO JACOBS AND ALUTA SNEKE | Why digital safety tools are failing our children

MALAIKA MAHLATSI | Was Motlanthe correct that the ANC needs to lose power to renew?

Kenya aviation workers end strike that disrupted flights, officials say

TAINA BIEN-AIME | Meji rejected ‘sex work’ term in pursuit of equality

Novartis pauses autoimmune cell therapy studies after deaths

The AM Check-in | How top Hawks official made 37 deposits of R10k each at an ATM

North Korea and US show signs of resuming dialogue, confirms South Korean lawmaker

Leonard Lekgetho appointed as head of the SIU

Buffalo poached inside Kruger park

Ramaphosa meets Eskom board on energy reform path

Sweet success for KwaMashu sisters doing it for themselves

Chaos feared at Safa elections due to regions’ disputes

SOWETAN | Break circle of violence in schools

It’s Connie More’s world — and we’re just walking in it

Selepe vows to make use of rare game time at Bucs

S’THEMBISO MSOMI | Cosatu faces new crossroads as history threatens repeat

How top Hawks official made 37 deposits of R10k each at an ATM

Your notes were inadequate’: Lawyer grills doctor at Cat Matlala’s trial

Fuel hikes to hit you harder in the pocket from Wednesday

Quick take: What Deena Govender revealed at Madlanga commission

Lasizwe on ‘Masked Singer SA’, sale of R3.8m home and his next property

WATCH | Lasizwe on ‘Masked Singer SA’, sale of R3.8m home and his next property

State slams Mapisa-Nqakula’s discharge bid as a ‘fishing expedition’

EXPLAINER | State’s case against man arrested for alleged Tembisa Hospital looting

Severe weather to hit SA as cut-off low brings rain, storms and possible snow

Security boss denied bail for fifth time in murder case

Mzoli Tempi bids a fond farewell to BSA’s ‘Hloks’ Ramagole

Durban chasing back-to-back wins against Stellies

Kekana had alcohol, cocaine overdose before his arrest, doctor tells Matlala trial

Boxing fraternity won’t forget August 2026, says BSA chair Ayanda Khumalo

WATCH | Matlala trial court tells Teffo to prove he’s in ‘good standing’

Limpopo man found guilty of animal cruelty after TikTok video went viral

Motorists face steep fuel price hikes in September

Dladla on how some of his players got confused by the away-goal rule

Top cop Puleng Dimpane ‘asked Lt-Gen Mkhwanazi to explain himself’ over Khumalo presser

Between Meetings | From cleaning cinemas to film director

20,000 entries later, Chery has six names for its new bakkie

WATCH LIVE | Minister Chikunga briefs the media on GBVF Council operationalisation

MOSHE KOLA | Corporates don’t understand township consumers and it shows

IFP picks deputy minister Hlengwa to lead eThekwini mayoral bid

How SA doctor’s research gives hope to those suffering from heart failure

Cardoso hails his Sundowns experience as they eye MTN8 title

Ramaphosa’s Madonsela objection forces impeachment committee back to drawing board

Justice Khampepe remains TRC inquiry chair, Mbeki and Zuma partially lose appeal

WATCH LIVE | ‘Cat’ Matlala and co-accused’s attempted murder trial

10 days or face the music: Major League DJz star Banele Mbere hit with R1.19m Sars debt

Russia and Israel spread disinformation on Ceuta crisis, says Spain’s Sanchez

READER LETTER | Victim mentality is SA’s achilles heel

SIYABULELA MAKUNGA | Student housing crisis calls for joint regulatory action

WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

EDZANI MPHAPHULI | Child’s first 1,000 days vital for growth, development