Every time you raise a glass in South Africa, there’s a good chance that The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) helped make sure that bottle has a future beyond the bin. TGRC powers the nationwide network ...

The divide between Sandton and Alexandra is marked by inequality. Two major developments are planned to bridge the gap, but residents in Sandton’s Kelvin say local infrastructure is already stretched.

In parts of Soweto, electricity is cut twice a day, every day. Eskom’s load reduction programme targets areas where illegal connections are common and infrastructure is strained. It makes no exception ...

Breaking the Cycle of Multigenerational Care. In South Africa, every generation that comes of age seems to inherit the same heavy mantle: caring simultaneously for children, parents, and often ...

Farmers in the Swiss German-speaking canton of Bern were eating fried potato pancakes called rösti for breakfast as early as the 17th century, possibly earlier. Its origins in the area surrounding ...

Japan said on Monday it had complained to China about "extremely inappropriate" remarks made by one of its diplomats towards Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, which the United States ...

FBI Director Kash Patel visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, two people familiar with his trip said, following a summit between the US and Chinese presidents where ...

Malaysian maritime patrols scoured coastal waters in the Andaman Sea on Monday in search of dozens of missing members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority who police believe were on a boat that ...

Young athletes in the Eastern Cape are setting records, but poor stadium standards mean their achievements won’t be officially recognised.

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Two trains crashed in Slovakia on Sunday evening after one ran into the back of the other, injuring dozens of passengers, police and the country's interior minister said.

Three months have passed since we publicly released damning video footage and audio recording Independent Development Trust CEO Tebogo Malaka and her spokesperson Phasha Makgolane offering a R60,000 ...