Hot night time temperatures are hindering firefighting responses across Europe and worsening health conditions as bedtime fails to provide a cooling reprieve, experts said on Tuesday.

According to Eskom's spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha, it will take at least 18 months to generate around 1,800MW of capacity.

An Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim threatened to sue Indiana's attorney general for defamation on Tuesday, filing a claim alleging that he made "false and misleading" statements about her handling of the cas...

The European Union will set out emergency plans on Wednesday to reduce gas demand within months, warning countries that without deep cuts now they could struggle for fuel during winter if Russia cuts off deliveries.

The KwaZulu-Natal education department has slammed communities for holding service delivery protests which marred the start of the third school term in some parts of the province on Tuesday.

TimesLIVE readers have joined a chorus of outrage over a proposal to create an additional state-owned power utility, saying it will "lead to more corruption and dodgy dealings".

Twitter Inc will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Elon Musk to his $44bn takeover, after a Delaware judge said on Tuesday the social media company deserved a quick resolution of the deal's uncertainty.

About 1.7-million people have watched a KwaZulu-Natal boy solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle on TikTok.

Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, with the temperature exceeding 40°C as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, forcing train tracks to buckle and fuelling a spate of fires across London.

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in parliament on Wednesday to choose the next president from three contenders amid tight security, hoping the new leader would pull the island out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

An early morning crash in Gauteng has left one person dead and three injured.

A barn owlet has been removed from a residential block of flats in Kliptown, Soweto and taken into care by the Owl Rescue Centre.

Former SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has lost his bid to overturn a court ruling ordering him to repay funds to the public broadcaster.

Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said efforts to tackle Covid-19 should go hand-in-hand with vaccinating for other killer diseases.

SA needs to have a national plan for developing the human resources for surgery, some experts say.

An intelligence-driven operation has led to the arrest of two suspects, aged 44 and 33, who are alleged to be behind the selling of illegal firearms and ammunition to criminals in Alexandra and Cosmo City.

Only one in 10 children with a treatable mental health disorder is able to access care.

Ukraine updates.

Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it lost 970,000 subscribers from April through June

Eastern Cape health DG has revealed all the children who died had this toxic form of alcohol in their blood

The start of the ANC Youth League secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa murder trial in the Pietermaritzburg high court was again delayed on Tuesday.

The Palm Ridge specialised commercial crimes court on Tuesday postponed the R8.1m police procurement corruption case to October 13 for defence consultations and further instructions.

While hotel occupancy slowly rises, inflated air travel and flight shortages pose a risk to domestic tourism’s full recovery

Emotionally and financially drained public works DG Sam Vukela ‘vindicated’ after labour court finds in his favour

Suspended public protector’s lawyer accused the former investigator of ‘retaliation’ because he had been fired

The Johannesburg high court on Tuesday sentenced Thabo Maake, 39, who murdered his girlfriend Thokozile Sinah Kubheka in Katlehong in July 2020, to life imprisonment.

The defence attorney in the rape trial of bishop Stephen Bafana Zondo on Tuesday suggested to the woman who accused him of raping her at a hotel that is was not Zondo who raped her but a well-known gospel artist.

Health minister Joe Phaahla on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19 after experiencing minor symptoms.

Intervention leaves behind carcasses from which residents eat what they want and set aside certain parts for traditional medicine, says activist