<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sowetan]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za</link><atom:link href="https://www.sowetan.co.za/arc/outboundfeeds/rss/category/news/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Sowetan News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:12:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Somaliland says it has a right to choose its relationships as it opens new Taiwan office]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-13-somaliland-says-it-has-a-right-to-choose-its-relationships-as-it-opens-new-taiwan-office/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-13-somaliland-says-it-has-a-right-to-choose-its-relationships-as-it-opens-new-taiwan-office/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Somaliland has a right to choose its own relationships, and pressure tactics from Beijing and Mogadishu have not succeeded in altering its friendship with Taipei, its top diplomat in Taiwan said on Friday at the opening of a new office]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:07:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/CD42LHNYENFJNLPS4TQ5I2KTIY.JPG?auth=4c27f0d29d8bef66f8b2c5ee759056d14231e52d0f8c5cd2295fe6c972fab700&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taiwan's deputy foreign minister Francois Wu and Mahmoud Adam Jama Galaal, Somaliland's representative to Taiwan, attend the opening of the new Somaliland representative office in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 12 2026. 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File photo: REUTERS]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dado Ruvic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burundi to raise government spending next fiscal year, helped by mining]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-13-burundi-to-raise-government-spending-next-fiscal-year-helped-by-mining/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-13-burundi-to-raise-government-spending-next-fiscal-year-helped-by-mining/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Burundi’s parliament voted on Saturday to increase government spending next fiscal year by 30%, helped by revenue from the mining sector and a diversification of its exports]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:58:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/TXJTLVZUSBB3BC6IZBNIMDIIFU.jpg?auth=5587ae231a2df019f824ad9e74193ec57c7e0e389a9d0e10119d5d15bbd69c0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Economic growth is forecast to rise to 5.5%, up from 4.7% this year. 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Picture REUTERS]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jonathan Ernst</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE POLITICAL ARENA | Immigration crisis: politics, power and South Africa’s future]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-13-the-political-arena-immigration-crisis-politics-power-and-south-africas-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-13-the-political-arena-immigration-crisis-politics-power-and-south-africas-future/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TimesLIVE TimesLIVE]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After growing tensions about immigration, calls for a national shutdown and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent address to the nation, questions are mounting about government policy, border management and the political forces shaping the debate]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:17:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/XWPSDWY32RCVVNTKEGSM2FFUWM.jpg?auth=c4e394ffd6a9dad86ae225ede9fa9cdf05350ed07730cb0106eeca08b0625b4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hundreds of protesters gathered in Pinetown recently for a March and March protest against illegal immigration, calling for stricter law enforcement and government intervention. File picture: ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sandile Ndlovu</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa applies for urgent interdict against parliament impeachment process  ]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-13-ramaphosa-applies-for-urgent-interdict-against-parliament-impeachment-process/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-13-ramaphosa-applies-for-urgent-interdict-against-parliament-impeachment-process/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lizeka Tandwa]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The president is also seeking a costs order against any party that opposes the application.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:10:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/UAPKOPIH6NAXZIXX6GBYRU4TCA.jpg?auth=754c406fba2df53fe8b9006a0fc7913c1d1d0abb682a6f89894caf1afefe3ea4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">GCIS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman seriously injured in shark attack at Sydney beach]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-13-woman-seriously-injured-in-shark-attack-at-sydney-beach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-13-woman-seriously-injured-in-shark-attack-at-sydney-beach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack at a Sydney beach on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:58:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/ASAV7IYOSVADZN4DOESZCRANFQ.JPG?auth=6dc79a41e8e6d869c10b19042966b3b61fc71b43dab59cee6684278954e379ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police and emergency personnel at the scene after reports of a shark attack at Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia, on June 13 2026. Picture: REUTERS]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hollie Adams</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five things you may have missed about Tyla’s appearance at the World Cup opening ceremony]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-five-things-you-may-have-missed-about-tylas-appearance-at-the-world-cup-opening-ceremony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-five-things-you-may-have-missed-about-tylas-appearance-at-the-world-cup-opening-ceremony/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sowetan Reporter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Millions of people all over the world were glued to their screens as the Fifa World Cup 2026 officially kicked off at Estadio Azteca in Mexico.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/RNVPEJ7YOZMBJJKY7MQLUO3W3U.jpg?auth=1a938339a45f69ccb68463b0e71e40270560fdeac51fc2642e003aeff1e3596a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SA singer Tyla sang the country’s national anthem 'Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika' at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Cup. File image]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">REUTERS/Andrew Kelly</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[WATCH | Thandeka Jwara leaves established engineering career to follow childhood dream of medicine]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-watch-thandeka-jwara-leaves-established-engineering-career-to-follow-childhood-dream-of-medicine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-watch-thandeka-jwara-leaves-established-engineering-career-to-follow-childhood-dream-of-medicine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Banda]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At 35, Thandeka Jwara left her engineering career to become a first-year medical student]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:37:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/WDZO7BF2ZNCA5N2WJL54XLXIJM.jpeg?auth=ac48be1e2fa096c04a99451f917c3034261322fcf976ed123dc0b6993e18dd2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thandeka Jwara, Medical Student at Stellenbosch University. Previously practiced in the Water and Sanitation Sector for over a decade and has served in various leadership roles within the sector]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Supp</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EXPLAINER | This is why AI cannot replace human creativity in the music industry ]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-explainer-this-is-why-ai-cannot-replace-human-creativity-in-the-music-industry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-explainer-this-is-why-ai-cannot-replace-human-creativity-in-the-music-industry/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Banda]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AI in the music industry can’t replace human creativity and talent]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/UMHWFKZR6FARLPNT27TO6Y7JI4.jpg?auth=5b9b3d6b5e9d976435e428a7b8dbe1f729dca0d6758f9d69cf65ec76502e0c3e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Industry players say AI reshapes music, but human creativity remains irreplaceable. Stock photo.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">WhyFive</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RECORDED | Madlanga commission continues]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-05-watch-live-madlanga-commission-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-05-watch-live-madlanga-commission-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TimesLIVE TimesLIVE]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Madlanga commission's inquiry into corruption continues, with testimony on day 114]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:39:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/HEO6BI2LRNAOZJYNKFLJT3UWEA.jpg?auth=deb001d63597bbecc9105ce078f606fd2c6d884f3f36400f11bd663585272038&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Commission chair Mbuyiseli Madlanga and co-commissioners Sesi Baloyi and Sandile Khumalo. File photo.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Freddy Mavunda</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RECORDED | Madlanga commission of inquiry, day 115]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-08-watch-live-madlanga-commission-of-inquiry-day-115/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-08-watch-live-madlanga-commission-of-inquiry-day-115/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Madlanga commission of inquiry hears more witness testimony on Monday ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:37:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/DT2UIAZDWZECDGY7PQNDWJ3F6A.jpg?auth=99307e0307c1501a547af5099c41d81bd9ca0512de2a35cc7d8ce654a6415233&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former acting deputy chief justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga during the Madlanga commission of inquiry at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Freddy Mavunda</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech executives to attend G7 summit as leaders address AI, online safety]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-tech-executives-to-attend-g7-summit-as-leaders-address-ai-online-safety/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-tech-executives-to-attend-g7-summit-as-leaders-address-ai-online-safety/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The agenda will address the world’s crises and broad economic challenges]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:18:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/SHY5WGG5AFCNNG46Y6NLKRGKW4.JPG?auth=c3d0af4424167a4ec7cd5bd1615cc070189d6422a517322cee47267aba1dcdee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police officers stand at the pier near Lake Leman ahead of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 10 2026.
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cecile Mantovani</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promised job in Thailand, trapped in Myanmar: trafficking survivor warns SA youth]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-promised-job-in-thailand-trapped-in-myanmar-trafficking-survivor-warns-sa-youth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-promised-job-in-thailand-trapped-in-myanmar-trafficking-survivor-warns-sa-youth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Banda]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Young people must do proper research before accepting any job offer]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:22:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/LBOYJPWIWJCGTHTFCA5ULV5QNU.jpg?auth=f538864dd3a4ca1c05a303d5c9ab02460a465973ddcf1c9d514465880465ef0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gauteng social development MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has urged people to be cautious of recruiters promising quick placements abroad. File picture:]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Refilwe Kholomonyane </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Affairs confirms deporting 586 Nigerians living in SA illegally]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-home-affairs-deports-586-nigerians-living-in-sa-illegally/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-home-affairs-deports-586-nigerians-living-in-sa-illegally/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Koena Mashale]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Department of home affairs deports 586 Nigerians living in SA illegally]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:31:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/RSQMU5VYIFPMVLSUIQJKMVRY7E.jpg?auth=a6cd205734ff37a2b7f5bae62dfe5a61bc309a37f3c48ecdedfa8f76598ab8dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[First group of 268 Nigerians repatriated as home affairs steps up enforcement]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ESA ALEXANDER /FILE  </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global liquor companies chase Indian state dues of $400m]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-global-liquor-companies-chase-indian-state-dues-of-400m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-global-liquor-companies-chase-indian-state-dues-of-400m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Indian groups representing alcohol giants Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Heineken and Carlsberg, accused the southern Indian state of Telangana of breaching accounting rules over dues it owes them totalling nearly $400m.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:15:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/BDI673DEXZG6XAIXHJPY3YPA6E.JPG?auth=98bc64d7e94e27c2693e52b17bbeeed667a087eb5a07c6a98a00a1d7f7712a66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The statement assessed the amount owing for December 2025 to April 2026 dues at 37.25-billion rupees ($392m).]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Priyanshu Singh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between Meetings With Sowetan | Your Daily Lunchtime Read]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-between-meetings-with-sowetan-your-daily-lunchtime-read/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-between-meetings-with-sowetan-your-daily-lunchtime-read/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sowetan Sowetan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Your daily leisurely read]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:07:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/W2DWKUE73RD57BPVZBTVYTOVHM.jpg?auth=74745de00c0655bd1ce967ab0e54d9095ae270293aac1f11f1c261979feab0f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Between Meetings]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arena Holdings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Niño, a threat elsewhere, likely to help Argentina’s crops, experts say]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-el-nino-a-threat-elsewhere-likely-to-help-argentinas-crops-experts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-el-nino-a-threat-elsewhere-likely-to-help-argentinas-crops-experts-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While intense El Niño conditions could hurt harvests in much of the world, the climate phenomenon is likely to boost agricultural production in Argentina, say climate specialists]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:43:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/NOP46DTNI5HGHKVLDJ556ZMXTE.JPG?auth=093589b59d7b269767636a680b15e016edd35fab51c8d01c25e614686f259e3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The country's major grain exchanges forecast a record 2025/26 wheat crop for Argentina, one of the world's top grain suppliers.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martin Cossarini</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local government elections will be marked by disillusionment, IEC says]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-local-government-elections-will-be-marked-by-disillusionment-iec-says/</link><guid 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facility was a teenager, relative says]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-12-kenyan-killed-at-protest-against-us-ebola-facility-was-a-teenager-relative-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-12-kenyan-killed-at-protest-against-us-ebola-facility-was-a-teenager-relative-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A 17-year-old Kenyan student was killed in protests against a US Ebola facility]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/KX7RR3XA6VAT7KCGHEENKVPY54.JPG?auth=3c434ca377094d3d26a96d5424420a53764e43fabda40aa0d28b4ba9ae1e97a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Riot police officers disperse demonstrators in a protest against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, on June 9 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Monicah Mwangi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian sailors, ship fined $6m in Lagos cocaine case]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-12-indian-sailors-ship-fined-6m-in-lagos-cocaine-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/africa/2026-06-12-indian-sailors-ship-fined-6m-in-lagos-cocaine-case/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Nigerian court has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their vessel over the trafficking of cocaine into the country, imposing fines totalling $6m, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said on Thursday.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/2TWKSEI3VJDOBBWENQNSSEDB6E.JPG?auth=d252ef4843636d6c58b1159bab34af2830df27cf000c55a958e7711e96a69fe3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The case is part of a broader crackdown by Nigerian authorities on drug trafficking through key commercial entry points such as Lagos. File photo: REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sodiq Adelakun</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shamila Batohi earns wrath of Nkabinde inquiry with ‘self-seeking’ ploy]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-shamila-batohi-earns-wrath-of-nkabinde-inquiry-with-self-seeking-ploy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-shamila-batohi-earns-wrath-of-nkabinde-inquiry-with-self-seeking-ploy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TimesLIVE TimesLIVE]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Previous NDPP Batohi was called as a witness to the panel set up to ascertain Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office but did not complete her testimony]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:01:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/MZIIBHEXDBAB7KCZRYHVLV5RHA.jpg?auth=eb9aea7fa283efba38107e2321c65eacb601b2103a1fb356cb71f2525ce28418&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Justice Bess Nkabinde had strong words for former national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nkabinde Inquiry website</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding cuts drive sharp drop in HIV prevention, UNAids says]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-funding-cuts-drive-sharp-drop-in-hiv-prevention-unaids-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-funding-cuts-drive-sharp-drop-in-hiv-prevention-unaids-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Almost 40% fewer people received a drug to help prevent HIV infection in 2025 than in the previous years as global aid funding cuts hit preventive services particularly hard, early data presented by UNAids on Friday showed.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:37:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/5DK76CN5HBE7LDHKQNFHRIBYYY.JPG?auth=bb19c20a34afbcb8a735dfbff28257a5e6fbd94115ec64614d03bdb483a8e22f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In 2025, new HIV infections declined slightly on 2024, by about 100,000 to 1.2-million, the UNAids report showed. However, HIV testing fell by 22% in some high-burden countries, so the full picture is unclear. 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Stock photo.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">123RF/Jaromír Chalabala  </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loved and hated Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-loved-and-hated-elon-musk-becomes-the-worlds-first-trillionaire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-loved-and-hated-elon-musk-becomes-the-worlds-first-trillionaire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SpaceX raised a record $75bn in its initial public offering on Thursday]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:08:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/4BMLHCLCIZHGZLXPMPXSWUTRXY.JPG?auth=f0d3899d69d7f76d3632f7a5af6a39179c5a0a31870e4c7d689f6342fc8796d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A bust of Elon Musk in Brownsville, Texas, US. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Reuters/Gabriel V Cardenas</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty queen wants progress on children’s safety and wellbeing in SA]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-beauty-queen-wants-progress-on-childrens-safety-and-wellbeing-in-sa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-beauty-queen-wants-progress-on-childrens-safety-and-wellbeing-in-sa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sowetan Reporter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[These are the causes closest to Ontshiametse Tlhophane’s heart ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:05:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/D7F626AD4BEMDJSRPSO2D5S3CE.jpeg?auth=1600f7cb51d3cf9daad1dd7df03540d6d75011503549de71ddae73fe28f0f813&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Soweto-born beauty queen Ontshiametse Tlhophane says she was raised to believe in the power of her voice the value she bring to the spaces she enters.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Supplied</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US-Iran talks stall over frozen funds and blockades]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-us-iran-talks-stall-over-frozen-funds-and-blockades/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/world/2026-06-12-us-iran-talks-stall-over-frozen-funds-and-blockades/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters Agency]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Efforts to reach an interim deal to end hostilities between Iran and the US have intensified, Iranian and western sources told Reuters on Thursday, despite strikes launched by both sides.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/72TM52ONVJE2BLBJJ6MM4RWLOE.JPG?auth=24958c02ef0f804577f759575641e40b068f7692e113f188c4da6c3e9cd277fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account on May 24 that any deal he secured with Iran 'will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of cash, and a clear and open path to a nuclear weapon'. File photo ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kylie Cooper</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AM Check-in | Your Top 3 Reads Today]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-the-am-check-in-your-top-3-reads-today/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-the-am-check-in-your-top-3-reads-today/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sowetan Sowetan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sowetan’s choice of the top three reads you should not miss today
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/FD5C5AFA25CDDCZCGH5E3ID6LU.jpg?auth=f9f55c39fa0927c285b158320ed14e7a60225799a018dd4084a3583990bdc074&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Am checkin 12 June]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arena Holdings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[LISTEN | How a matric teenager from rural KZN built his mom a house]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-listen-how-a-matric-teenager-from-rural-kzn-built-his-mom-a-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-listen-how-a-matric-teenager-from-rural-kzn-built-his-mom-a-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nandi Ntini]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Self-motivated budding entrepreneur used his carpentry business savings to put a private roof over his family’s heads ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:43:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/ZEQR3GMJBFES3M3GNQ7ULIXVM4.jpg?auth=09b0ec6f54b0c2e98469d9c81889ef6c84e5f2e26a81ce74c726e6496a04e3a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mpendulo Zulu, from Umlazi, started learning to be a carpenter in 2016 while in primary school.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">supplied</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[LISTEN | You could be sued for not vaccinating your children ]]></title><link>https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-listen-can-parents-be-sued-for-not-vaccinating-their-children/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-12-listen-can-parents-be-sued-for-not-vaccinating-their-children/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Koena Mashale]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Research explores whether vaccine refusal could result in civil liability as immunisation coverage declines]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.sowetan.co.za/resizer/v2/UZMPMFTXOFJGJJJADQMGOITSOM.jpg?auth=e0d7fea7d51d975ddfbce0aad471c25a7c3e731439f9508d18410206276d20f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900" type="image/jpeg" height="900" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Western Cape health department has urged parents to have their children vaccinated against various diseases at school. It has noted a concerning drop in routine immunisation among children in various categories, with the uptake of the tetanus and diphtheria (Td-Diftavax) vaccine at the ages of six and 12 remaining very low.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Flickr/Center for Disease Control via The Conversation</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>