South Africa could have load-shedding until 2027, Eskom predicts. A medium-term adequacy report recently released by the power utility painted a worrying picture that its troubles will not be resolved soon.

The Helen Suzman Foundation and the South African National Editors' Forum are applying to be friends of the court in the Jacob Zuma vs Karyn Maughan case on Thursday.

An energy analyst has warned there is a high risk of stage 8 load-shedding as Eskom announced delays in the scheduled outage of a unit at Koeberg nuclear power station to buy time to stabilise its generating system.

The Pietermaritzburg high court is expected to hear applications by the Helen Suzman Foundation and the South African National Editors Forum to be friends of the court in the matter between former president Jacob Zuma and advocate Billy Downer and jo...

Seven babies under the age of two months have died this year in the Western Cape after contracting whooping cough, as health authorities note a marked increase in cases nationally.

The sight and smell of a sewage overflow – due to a malfunctioning municipal pump station – is driving visitors away from the picturesque Amanzimtoti Golf Club, south of Durban.

Twitter owner and Tesla boss Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person on Wednesday, according to Forbes, following a steep drop in the value of his stake in the electric-car maker and a $44bn bet on the social media firm.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Tuesday December 27 a public holiday in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but said for now there will be no second call-up of soldiers.

The faces of 108 Nigerian girls who are still missing eight years after they were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents have been sculpted in clay in a collaboration between an artist, a group of potters and university students.

As the Artemis I mission prepares to return to Earth, here's a look back at the last mission to the moon: Apollo 17

A Mozambican court on Wednesday found a former president's son and 10 other people guilty on charges related to a $2 billion "hidden debt" scandal that crashed the southern African nation's economy, sentencing them each to more than 10 years in priso...

The northbound lanes of the N3 highway near the Vaaldraai/Vereeniging interchange have been closed after a crash involving two trucks on Thursday morning.

When Baaba Maal released his last album “The Traveller” in 2016, the Senegalese singer and guitarist wasn’t sure he would put out another record.

Global talks have begun on drafting new health rules for combating pandemics, and developing nations are lobbying for fairer access to treatments than they got during Covid-19.

A former prosecutor at Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court who in 2020 accepted  a R6,000 bribe to make a docket disappear was sentenced to a six year prison term on Wednesday.

The facility is set to be of much-needed assistance to the crime-ridden township, which has one of the highest crime rates.

Controversial taxi boss Vusi “Khekhe” Mathibela spent Tuesday night in the remand section of the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria after being moved from the centre’s maximum C-Max section.

The body of a woman believed to be a church member who attended the baptism at Jukskei Park on Saturday was discovered under a bridge at the Innisfree Park in Sandton on Wednesday.

South African companies are set to reap rewards from the groundbreaking project.

A third of the world’s children are badly affected by lead poisoning, and the second most affected region is in sub-Saharan Africa, where 232.5m children need action to deal with lead blood levels considered dangerous.

Humanity has been a weapon of mass extinction, says UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres

The facility is said to have broken down two years ago, forcing the golf club to construct an alternative sewer pit flowing into Isipingo River

The Gauteng community safety department says there will be targeted law-enforcement interventions aimed at maintaining high visibility on critical routes and increasing detection and prosecution of offenders.

The family of KwaDukuza traffic officer Supt Collin Sibusiso Zulu, 54, who was run over during a roadblock on Tuesday, want the law to take its course.

One of the four men convicted of the murder of North West businessman Wandile Bozwana has symptoms consistent with a major depressive disorder.

City of Johannesburg group finance employees were evicted from their offices on Wednesday afternoon due to the city's alleged failure to pay rent.

The performance of critical infrastructure such as municipal water and sewerage systems is being closely monitored in the Western Cape after the abrupt escalation of countrywide load-shedding to stage 6.

The department of correctional services has vowed to take action against the inmates who stabbed prison warders on Wednesday morning at the St Albans correctional centre in the Eastern Cape.

The Skukuza regional court in Mpumalanga has convicted and sentenced two former game rangers to seven years' imprisonment for poaching-related offences.