Apple Music’s New Artist Spotlight for February is Urban Village, a Soweto-based band who blend folk, Zulu rock, Xhosa funk, mbaqanga, maskandi and layer it… Read More »Apple Music’s New Artist Spotlight Is Afro Roots Group, Urban Village
Soweto residents are starting to pay off some of the debt owed to Eskom, which is sitting at R12.9 billion. Last year, Eskom officials said… Read More »Eskom: Soweto Residents Beginning To Pay Off Some Of Their Electricity Debt
JOHANNESBURG – Several areas in Soweto and in the Vaal will not have power for some time on Friday morning as Eskom implements load reduction.… Read More »Parts of Soweto, Vaal Without Power Due To Load Reduction – Eskom
Police have arrested a man linked to the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl from Dobsonville in Soweto. Sphiwe Sibeko went missing last Thursday after she… Read More »Man Arrested In Connection With Rape, Murder Of Sphiwe Sibeko (14)
The grandmother of a 14-year-old girl who was raped and killed in Dobsonville in Soweto partially blames the COVID-19 lockdown for circumstances that led to the crime. The body… Read More »Grandmother Of Raped, Murdered Soweto Girl (14) Partially Blames Lockdown
The family of three siblings killed in the Golden Highway crash near Soweto said they were ripped apart by the children’s untimely deaths. A taxi collided head-on… Read More »3 Siblings Die In Golden Highway Crash
More school pupils have been treated for ingesting poisoned food in Soweto. The Gauteng education department said 16 children from Vusisizwe Primary School in Zola,… Read More »55 Soweto Learners Hospitalised For Ingesting Poisoned Food
Disaster relief organisation the Gift of the Givers Foundation said that one of its drivers was hijacked in Soweto on Tuesday. It’s understood the driver was forcefully… Read More »Gift Of The Givers To Continue Services In Soweto Despite Hijacking
Klipspruit residents in Soweto have barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks. Joburg Metro Police officers and police are on the scene trying to disperse… Read More »Klipspruit Protest Sees Roads Blocked With Rocks, Burning Tyres
Eskom has taken a hard line with Soweto residents, saying it would continue to cut residents for non-payment while others were fined for illegal connections. The… Read More »Eskom Refuses To Back Down On Soweto’s Electricity Debt