The AM Check-in | Your Top 3 Reads Today
Sowetan’s choice of the top three reads you should not miss today
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First Hong Kong astronaut launches into space onboard Chinese mission
The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team’s payload scientist.
WATCH | SA steps up talks with neighbours to curb illegal migration as tensions rise
Efforts with Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia part of border strategy
Rubio says ‘solid’ Iran deal may come on Monday
The deal under discussion would involve a 60-day ceasefire extension during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, US media reports.
MPs scrabble for interim rules to avoid Ramaphosa impeachment inquiry delay
Calls for interim guidelines modelled on Busisiwe Mkhwebane case to fast-track process
Afrikaner ‘refugees’ in the US: One sunny state with zero arrivals
Where are Afrikaner ‘refugees’ in the United States settling? ‘SA People’ unpacks the latest State Department data to find the one destination with zero arrivals.
Americast
An interview with author and professor, Scott Galloway
News24 | Peace deal optimism lifts rand, weakens oil
Along with other currencies, the rand benefited as hopes of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices below $100 per barrel, even as the US played down the chances of reaching an agreement with Iran soon.
SIYABULELA MAKUNGA | Why SA’s new company merger rules matter
Competition laws can now be applied in a more focused manner
READER LETTER | No one in SA should go hungry
SA produces sufficient food, yet more than 40% of households remain hungry. Millions of black families struggle to afford basic necessities while the president is wasting R700m on a useless talk show.
European absence can make Chelsea a threat – Rooney
Chelsea will be “a real threat” in the Premier League next season after failing to qualify for Europe, says former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
WBC honours veteran boxing administrator Dr Ngatane
The former BSA board chairman was reacting to Ngatane’s honor by the Mexico based organization’s president, Mauricio Sulaiman, recently.A medical practitioner by trade, Ngatane is WBC commissioner and he serves in its medical and ratings committees.
BOOK EXCERPT: Kin: Tayari Jones explores motherhood and friendship in the American South
The award-winning and internationally bestselling author Tayari Jones returns with her latest book, Kin.
S’THEMBISO MSOMI | Polls in danger of being overshadowed by national issues
Voters should guard against being blinded by the glitz and glamour surrounding the “national figures” to the point where they miss what matters the most − ward candidates and the PR list, write S’thembiso Msomi.
SOWETAN | Pandor robbery shows no one is safe in SA
On Saturday morning, South Africans awoke to the disturbing news that former minister of international relations and cooperation, Naledi Pandor, had fallen victim to crime.
News24 | One of SA’s biggest child feeding schemes was once a small Cape Town soup kitchen
Danny Diliberto started a small Cape Town soup kitchen outside his Italian restaurant 12 years ago and fed 70 homeless people. Today, Ladles of Love is one of South Africa’s biggest suppliers of food to pre-school children.
ITSHOKENG KEKANA | BEE failures deepen inequality and public cynicism
Corruption and poor implementation undermine SA’s transformation agenda, writes Itshokeng Kekana
The one food item essential destroying your grocery bill
Consumers are battling a 4.0% inflation jump, but one specific staple is quietly devastating household budgets across South Africa.
Listen | Gauteng municipalities’ reliance of water trucks is becoming too costly
More than R314mn has already been spent by Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni alone on outsourced water tanker services over the past three financial years, as Gauteng municipalities grapple with deepening water shortages, failing infrastructure and mounting pre
HPCSA probes Wits medical programme
Health professions regulator is investigating allegations surrounding a specialist training programme linked to the Wits University following a complaint by a trainee doctor.
The cost of being uninsurable
Did you know that you can be deemed uninsurable by insurance companies and be forced to pay astronomical premiums just to stay covered and to protect your assets?