State power firm says it may ramp up scheduled electricity outages to avoid a national grid collapse. Exclusive News South Africa’s struggling state power utility Eskom has predicted a “very difficult winter” starting in June, warning that it may have to increase electricity cuts to an unprecedented level amid the country’s worst-ever power crisis, according to Aljazeera. Many…

Visit to Moscow follows US allegations that weapons were loaded on to a Russian ship in Cape Town in December. Exclusive News The commander of South Africa’s ground forces has visited Moscow for talks with Russian counterparts just days after Washington accused South Africa of secretly providing arms to Russia, according to Aljazeera. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…

Indian firm Cipla Limited will produce an affordable version of the product at its plants in Benoni or Durban Exclusive News South Africa is set to become a manufacturing hub for an affordable version of the innovative HIV-prevention drug CAP-LA. The move is expected to provide millions of people with access to the drug in a region that the World Health Organization (WHO) says accounts…

Two of the victims were local consulate staff and two were policemen Exclusive News Gunmen in south-eastern Nigeria attacked a convoy of US embassy vehicles on Tuesday, killing two local employees and two police officers, according to RT News. Reporter Judith Atibi told RT that the attack took place in the area of Ogbaru in Anambra State, a hotbed of separatist violence. She explained…

The leaders will go to Russia and Ukraine hoping to create conditions for peace negotiations, South Africa’s Foreign Ministry said Exclusive News South Africa’s foreign ministry has announced that six African presidents are soon expected to jointly travel to Moscow and Kiev in hopes of facilitating negotiations between the two countries. Details of the endeavor are still being…