Новости за 13.01.2020

The struggling utility says emergency reserves would be adequate to supplement a shortfall in generation capacity on Tuesday should the need arise.

An immigration official has appeared in the Kempton Park Regional Court and remains in custody after being charged with corruption, extortion and defeating the ends of justice.

Angry residents outside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Monday expressed their disgust that the suspect in the Michaela Williams case is a convicted rapist who was released on parole in 2018.

Social media buzzes after a video surfaced of a group of what is believed to be Kyalami Estate residents fighting in the street.

Waves of ballistic missiles, soldiers hunkered down in bunkers for hours, intense shock waves -- a top US commander said he reacted to Iran's unprecedented attack against an Iraqi base with "disbelief".

Palladium’s great start to the year pales in comparison to its lesser known, but much more expensive sister metal, rhodium.

Iran denied a "cover-up" Monday after taking days to reveal an airliner was accidentally shot down last week, a disaster that sparked demonstrations and calls for a fully transparent investigation.

Here are the results of Monday's Daily Lotto draw.

A Pakistan court has annulled the death sentence handed to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, ruling a special court which found him guilty of treason last year was unconstitutional, a government prosecutor told AFP.

Both sides in Libya's conflict are expected to convene in Moscow on Monday to sign an agreement on the terms of a ceasefire which went into effect over the weekend, ending nine months of fighting after weeks of international diplomacy.

Residents from Lebonkeng in rural Northern Cape say many pupils have to walk as far as 9km over flooded roads, unsafe fields, and degraded bridges to get to school.

A horror crash has claimed five young lives and left 16 others seriously injured after a taxi travelling from the Western Cape rolled on the R61 near Beyeye Locality, Manzana Village, Ngcobo, on Monday, Eastern Cape police have confirmed.

An infamous Russian-speaking hacking group referred to as Silence is the likely culprit making thousands of attempts to hack major banks in sub-Saharan Africa, says Kaspersky Lab.

A man in his 70s dies in a climbing accident along Boyes Drive in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, paramedics say.

People who are resorting to using the newly-introduced WhatsApp chat system to renew their vehicle licence discs in order to avoid long queues have been warned to do so at their own risk as this is not a government service.

South African Airways is appealing a Zimbabwe High Court judgement ordering it to pay nearly R13 million in outstanding meteorological weather service fees.

Iraqi officials fear economic "collapse" if Washington imposes threatened sanctions, including blocking access to a US-based account where Baghdad keeps oil revenues that feed 90% of the national budget.

Queen Elizabeth has released an official statement after the Sussex shocker that left Buckingham Palace shaking.

Cape Town's Sulailah Murphy was taking a short break outside the shop she and her husband own on Wetton Road in Ottery when people suddenly started collapsing on the pavement.

A hot Tuesday will bring with it high fire danger conditions and a heatwave in some provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.

The ANC in Tshwane rubbishes criminal charges laid against them by the DA, in relation to allegations of forging the signatures of seven of its own councillors in a bid to hold a special council sitting.

The JSE on Monday tried to take a leaf from the earlier trend in Asian equities where the Hang Seng surged 1.11% while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.98%.

While trade union Numsa and the ANC Women's League have called for Eskom to be moved to the oversight of the department of mineral resources and energy, Cosatu has said this won't solve the pressing issue - to stabilise the entity and solve the power crisis.

A Vereeniging man in his 80s is believed to have been electrocuted to death while mowing his lawn.

Three bodies burnt beyond recognition is recovered from a house after a fire razed the two-storey building in an overnight blaze in Cape Town.