South Africans are between 108% and 130% more likely to submit power surge insurance claims after experiencing a spike in voltage after load-shedding.

Eskom provided an update on Wednesday morning on the system challenges it is facing.

The Ankole breed is renowned for its lean meat and excellent milk quality, making it the most sought-after dual breed.

Russia is likely to face “a persistent and significant insurgency” after President Vladimir Putin misjudged how the war against Ukraine would proceed but the Russian leader won’t be deterred and may try to change how he defines victory, the top...

The Eastern Cape’s health and education departments will receive the lion’s share of the provincial government’s R87.8bn 2022/2023 budget.

The construction of a 100-foot-long and 30-foot-tall reclining Buddha statue is underway in India's eastern Bodh Gaya city.

President Joe Biden visited Texas on Tuesday to highlight the exposure of US service members to toxins in war zones that can lead to serious health problems like the cancer that killed his son, which Biden blames on burn pits in Iraq.

With sanctions and fighting disrupting wheat supplies, South African farmers could be called upon to help fill the gap.

The legislation, referred to by its opponents as the “don't say gay” bill, has stirred national controversy amid an increasingly partisan debate over what schools should teach children about race and gender.

Grosvenor Girls High School principal Linda Jorgensen has been put on precautionary suspension amid racism allegations.

Scientists aboard SA’s polar vessel SA Agulhas II have found the 107-year-old wreck of Endurance in the remote Weddell Sea close to the South Pole, the expedition team announced on Wednesday.

Eskom will provide an update on the system challenges it is facing. Stage 4 rolling blackouts were implemented on Wednesday.

Drug use, Covid-related socio-economic hardship and Charlotte Maxeke fire also cited for increased pressure on the Johannesburg hospital

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Venezuela released two jailed US citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit to Caracas by a high-level US delegation.

Shops and other businesses in the township were forced to shut this week when locals, who claimed they were part of the Dudula Movement, allegedly searched for migrant employees and shop owners who did not have valid paperwork.

The International Monetary Fund's executive board is poised to approve on Wednesday $1.4 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine to help it respond to Russia's invasion, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday.

'So Eskom gets an almost 10% increase in order to increase load-shedding to stage 4. Talk about rewarding incompetence," said DA councillor Ralf Bittkau.

While SA is ranked among countries with the highest rate of femicide in the world, the country has seen a decline in intimate partner femicide cases

All four companies have major operations in the country.

Eskom has announced it will implement stage 4 load-shedding from 9am on Wednesday until Friday.

While the death rate may be low and the recovery rate from Covid-19 high, experts continue to advocate for getting the vaccine, saying it can help prevent death and severe illness from the coronavirus.

Russia said it is ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities, as the number of refugees created by the biggest assault on a European country since World War 2 surpassed 2 million.

When Owen Apollis was diagnosed with prostate cancer at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town a year ago, his worst fear was having surgery to remove the cancer.

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The telecoms regulator has raised R2.65bn in the first round of the radio frequency spectrum auction.

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday a US ban on Russian oil and other energy imports, ramping up pressure on Moscow in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.

According to police reports, the victim, identified as Anesh Chowtee, was kidnapped on March 4 at his business in Reservoir Hills. Chowtee's wife said when she tried phoning her husband a man answered and demanded a R1m ransom.