Tiger killed after attacks in S. Africa
A tiger who escaped from a farm and roamed the countryside outside of Johannesburg for four days, attacking a man ...
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South Africa fuel tanker blast death toll rises to 15
By Gersende Rambourg The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg has ...
Read moreSouth African army deploys to guard power plants amid energy crisis
South Africa has begun deploying the military to protect the country's electricity plants as the long-running power crisis worsens, state-owned ...
Read moreSouth African leader braces self to head off impeachment threat
Johannesburg—Cyril Ramaphosa may have insisted over the weekend he will not resign, but the South African president still faces a ...
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Scandal-hit South African President Ramaphosa seeks to hang on to power
Johannesberg—South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, embroiled in scandal and under threat of impeachment, has no intention of resigning and will ...
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ABB to pay $315m to Africa to settle US bribery charges
NEW YORK—Swedish-Swiss industrial company ABB agreed to pay $315 million to settle US criminal charges that it bribed state-owned Eskom ...
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Mom with P92m shabu nabbed in NAIA
Customs agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have arrested another suspected drug mule carrying a baggage with P92.2 ...
Read moreGreen future is cause for worry in South Africa’s coal belt
Miner Thokozani Mtshweni, 37, looks spent as he readies for a 12-hour shift huddled under a carport shelter to avoid ...
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Charles III to host S.African president in first state visit of reign
King Charles III will next month host the first state visit of his new reign when South African President Cyril ...
Read morePower outages set to plunge South Africa into darkness
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Africa’s most industrialized economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by failures at aging and ...
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