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The South African-based humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, says its hospital in Darkoush in Syria has been overrun with casualties following fives days of fighting which saw government troops routed from Idlib City about 40 kilometres

Eskom chairperson, Zola Tsotsi, has stepped down. The power utility made the announcement on its official Twitter page on Tuesday. It says the Eskom board and Tsotsi agreed Tuesday morning "to part ways amicably." Dr Ben

The Congress of SA Trade Unions has expelled its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Cosatu's central executive committee reportedly voted to expel Vavi by 30 votes to one. On Sunday, Vavi said he was not resigning from the federation. The

The SA Institute of Race Relations says 22.2 million people had obtained access to piped water between 1996 and 2013. In its latest survey, the Institute said that works out to an average of 1.3 million per year, or 109 000 people every month

Eskom says there are no scheduled power outages for Monday. Spokespeson, Khulu Phasiwe said Eskom expected the power grid to remain "moderate" throughout the day. He says if they lose any generators, Eskom may be forced to implement

A man who only identified himself as "Tom" took this footage with his camera after a policeman who looked intoxicated nearly crashed into him. The incident took place on Thursday morning at 5.45am in Pinetown KZN    

Public Enterprises Minister, Lynn Brown says South Africans will have to  put up with load shedding for another two years. Brown told parliament's public enterprises portfolio committee yesterday that load shedding is essential if a

Three paramedics were held at gunpoint in the early hours of Wednesday morning while trying to save the life of a five-year-old girl.    ER-24 spokesperson, Werner Vermaak, says they dispatched an ambulance to Khayelitsha shortly after

The SA Police Service is now recruiting reservists after a moratorium on recruitment was lifted in January. Four provinces, namely the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape and Mpumalanga have been identified as pilot provinces for the first