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PRETORIA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's foreign minister on Monday deflected criticism of joint military drills planned with Russia and China, saying that hosting such exercises with "friends" was the "natural course of relations". South Africa's foreign minister on Monday deflected critici...
Calling all South Africans: be sparing with electrical appliances after 4 p.m., think twice about whether you really need to boil so much water for that tea, and don't even think about switching...
Creaking coal-fire power stations, underinvestment in new generating capacity, corruption in coal supply contracts and foot-dragging on policies that would enable private providers to plug the shortfall with renewable energy have all conspired to leave South Africa woefully short of its power needs. Eskom said from Tuesday the pattern would be "Stage 4" rotational outages from 0500 local time (0300 GMT) until 1600, followed by "Stage 5" from 1600 local time until 0500 the following morning.
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) - As dusk descends on the dimly lit central business district of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, a steady stream of home-bound workers flows into a sea of informal traders hawking a mixture of basic foods, clothes and electronic devices. The crowds of...
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) - As dusk descends on the dimly lit central business district of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, a steady stream of hom...