Here are five things you need to know about Eskom's free basic electricity initiative for low income households.

Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday said it would pay customers who suffer injuries or property damage from defective goods others sell on its U.S. platform, in a new policy that could reduce litigation.

London's famous Tower Bridge got stuck in its open position for the second time in a year due to a technical fault on Monday, leading to tailbacks of road traffic trying to cross the River Thames.

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday, now controlling 65% of the country, as US President Joe Biden urged the nation's leaders to fight for their homeland.

The eligibility criteria include that applicants be unemployed and not receiving any social grant, employment insurance benefit or any other government Covid-19 response support.

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters.

The United States embassy in Beijing said it condemns a Chinese court sentencing Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage, in a case seen in Ottawa and Washington as part of a wider diplomatic spat with Beijing.

An American man suspected of murdering his two young children in Mexico has been arrested by US border agents as he attempted to return to the US, prosecutors in the Mexican border state of Baja California said on Tuesday.

A 40-year-old man was arrested in Bloemfontein, Free State, for allegedly instigating the recent unrest and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, the Hawks said on Wednesday morning.

According to the regulations, workers who are not paid because of the closure of a workplace as a result of unrest can get between 38% and 60% of their pre-unrest salaries.

SA is ranked 131st on the 2020 Global Youth Development Index, which measures the status of young people in 181 countries around the world.

Although Covid-19 does not survive well in warmer climates, hot summer temperatures have no effect on it.

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A new Android Trojan has been identified by cybersecurity firm Zimperium, which on Monday released a report explaining how the malware has been able to hit more than 10,000 victims in 144 countries.

There were 6,590 new Covid-19 infections and 189 fatalities recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Tuesday.

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has uplifted Health Professions Council of SA's registrar and CEO Dr David Motau's precautionary suspension.

Germany's coronavirus vaccination drive has slowed and those people who have not taken up the opportunity to have shots will have to take Covid-19 tests to take a full part in public life, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday following an inquiry that found he sexually harassed 11 women, mounting legal pressure and demands for his departure by President Joe Biden and others, a startling downfall for a man once seen as a p...

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Nigeria will restart Covid-19 inoculations on August 16 after taking delivery of 4-million doses of Moderna vaccine, with shipments of Johnson & Johnson shots also due imminently, the head of the primary healthcare agency said on Tuesday.

Ethiopia's government on Tuesday urged citizens to join the fight against resurgent Tigrayan forces now pushing beyond their own region in a nine-month-old war that has sparked a major refugee crisis.

Despite establishing additional Social Relief of Distress grant application channels, Sassa said its systems were overwhelmed and battling to deal with the traffic.

The police have opened an inquest docket after a man allegedly died during a stampede outside a KZN liquor storage facility in a looting incident on Monday night.

'Load-shedding is never from a single incident unless we have suffered setbacks at other plants,' says Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha.

A 47-year-old electrician plans to use a portion of his R17m PowerBall Plus jackpot winnings for his dream wedding and honeymoon.

A grade 1 pupil from a Soshanguve school was allegedly sexually assaulted by a general assistant during school hours, police said.

A new study shows that 45% of the available food supply in SA is wasted, pointing to high levels of inefficiency in the food value chain while there is increasing food insecurity in the country.

A man who allegedly tried to bribe away a SIU investigation into the irregular awarding of a PPE contract by the Mpumalanga department of public works is behind bars.