Thousands of Africans studying in the Ukraine are desperate to leave after the Russian invasion of the country. TimesLIVE spoke with two African students who are stranded in the city of Vinnytsia.

Walking the talk. Getting his hands dirty.  Putting his money — or the city's, really — where his mouth is. On Wednesday morning, he arrived in a hybrid Toyota Prius in time for a clean up at nearby Joe Slovo Park. After urging residents to work with city teams to keep their communities clean — and he promised to do this every week of his five-year tenure, if necessary — he bent down to pick up a grubby tissue. His gloved hands filled a garbage bag with litter in just 20 minutes. Cape Town’s 35-year-old mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, gives new meaning to the old clichés as he breaks the stereotype of a privileged white male. ​

Hill-Lewis has spent his first 100 days in office working to help more Capetonians have the safe and nurturing type of environment that he did growing up in Edgemead, a suburb across Table Bay from the mountain.

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Economist Michael Sachs says affluent households are pushing a trend of high consumption and the private sector could rather help build the country for the public good.

In a press briefing on Thursday, the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) announced that Eskom’s tariff increase for the 2022/2023 financial year will be 9.61% and not the requested 20.5%. Energy consultant Liz McDaid suggests that Eskom and government need to to make changes for improved power generation in SA .

Treasury director general Dondo Mogajane has defended the 2022 Budget amid criticism that it has not gone far enough to create jobs.

The SA Human Rights Commission heard evidence from community leaders from Soweto and Alexandra as they continued their hearings into the unrest and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021. Soweto community leader Themba Makhubela addressed several issues relating to the unrest including the police being incapable of dealing with the unrest and protecting citizens.

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Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his 2022/2023 budget on Wednesday afternoon.

Senior economist at FNB Siphamandla Mkhwanazi says it was a positive budget for the consumer.