22 alleged copper thieves are trapped underground at the Gloria Coal Mine in Mpumalanga Province after a gas explosion - their lives are hanging in the balance as rescue efforts ... Read more »

Eskom, South Africa's biggest power utility, has had crisis after crisis exposed over the years. They are R440 billion in debt (and counting) and are once again asking for ... Read more »

The parliamentary debate on the State of the Nation Address that was held on February 7, descended into electioneering bids by parties ahead of the May 8 general elections, writes ... Read more »

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), with its affiliates, embarked on a national strike on February 13, to protest against joblessness and retrenchments in the ... Read more »

Seven generators giving in at the same time? The Board of Eskom has today convened an urgent meeting with the company's executive management and Minister of Public Enterprises ... Read more »

The baby girl was heard crying by a passerby who alerted authorities. It is believed she had been in the drain for more than 24 hours. Read more »

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has welcomed the announcement made by French company Total, that they had made a significant gas discovery in the Outeniqua Basin, off the ... Read more »

At the State of the Nation Address on February 7, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Eskom would be unbundled into "three separate entities - generation, transmission and ... Read more »

The Soweto Gospel Choir has won the Best World Music Category award for their album Freedom at the prestigious Grammy music awards in Los Angeles. This is the group's third Grammy ... Read more »

The Economic Freedom Fighers has said that the slapping of a police officer by the party's member of parliament after the State of the Nation Address, was as a result of an ... Read more »