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South Africa’s energy crisis formed a golden thread through several concerns international human rights watchdog Amnesty International raised about the country in its latest report on the global state of human rights.

Eskom cancelled its controversial tender to appoint a service provider to build a new corporate identity for the Eskom group of companies in March. This included designing a new logo for the utility.

Angry security guards who have been protesting outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health following the termination of their month-to-month contracts, say they will continue the fight to get their jobs back.

Defence counsel Thulani Mngomezulu said he is unwell.

The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but it says the move will only be viable as long as there is economic growth and sufficient tax revenue to fund it.

A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US will act if China does not stop sending parts to Russia.

Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran’s Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel, that threatened to ignite a regional conflagration.

Joan Donoghue speaks to BBC Hardtalk about the case brought by South Africa to the ICJ over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention by Israel.

Once unthinkable, the pioneering production marks the latest cultural expansion in the desert kingdom.

South Africa’s former president hits out at corruption within the governing party.

The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.

Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.

Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.

Johannesburg is home to the most dollar millionaires in South Africa, with many based around the richest square mile in Africa.

The FPB has withdrawn a notice that laid out new fines and jail terms for South Africans found guilty of spreading misinformation online.

Implats is looking to retrench thousands of workers, adding to the major job cuts affecting those in the South African mining sector.

The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.

The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on, even though he not put aside his concerns about the ANC

Steenhuisen warns South Africans not to be fooled by what he called load shedding manipulation

The court had ordered the ANC to hand over its full cadre deployment records to the DA.

The IEC has disbursed R342 million to be shared among political parties in the national legislature.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says his players are aware at what is at stake against Arsenal.

Charl Schwartzel’s wife Rosalind has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Treatment is now well underway with the prognosis looking good.

Stormers director of rugby John Dobson is under no illusions about the importance of Saturday’s URC clash against log-leaders Leinster at Cape Town Stadium.

Daizen Maeda is on course to feature in Celtic’s title chase after making a quicker than expected recovery from injury.

As pro-Palestinian demonstrations roil campus, the station’s undergraduate reporters – working 18 hour days – have become an essential news source

“The turning point was certainly immediate, very sudden … We received a tip at 4am that there would be a demonstration on Columbia’s campus, and pretty soon after that, we went live on air.”

The presenter, Georgia Dillane, is describing the moment on...

The California university cancelled Asna Tabassum’s speech because of ‘security concerns’. The real reason is cowardice

When Asna Tabassum, a hijab-wearing Muslim, was announced as the valedictorian for the University of Southern California class of 2024, my initial reaction was the thought of my south Asian mother saying, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you valedictorian?” But what...

Expensive equipment and music belonging to Afrotainment artists were stolen during a burglary at DJ Tira’s studio.

Chrissy Teigen gave her palate-popping approval to Meghan Markle’s latest venture, in a mouthwatering endorsement,

The Women King star Chioma Umeala is driven by closing the gap in terms of representation for black women in the world of animé.

The exchange has announced that it will no longer be offering rebates for market makers, except on its crypto-fiat pairs.

It’s hoped giant device will be able to print homes, bridges, boats and wind turbines.

Newly launched Chery-owned brand’s latest models will also be the most powerful ever sold in local soil.

The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.

The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.

More than 530 stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been admitted to the Cape Town aquarium’s Turtle Conservation Centre in just two weeks.

Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.