Regular breakdowns at Eskom's fleet of ageing coal-fired plants, providing the bulk of electricity in Africa's most industrialised economy, are often the cause of loadshedding - an incremental system ...

They were John Langalibalele Dube from 1912-1917, Sefako Makgatho from 1917 to 1924, ZR Mahabane served his first term from 1924 to 1927, Josiah Gumede from 1927 to 1930, Pixley ka Isaka Seme from ...

While it was Pixley ka Isaka Seme who suggested the formation of the Congress in 1912, it was Dr Dube, his guardian in America while they were both studying, who was entrusted by history with being ...

Johannesburg was once determined to become Africa’s world-class city. It’s a slogan – if you’re a fan of the cesspools of spite on social media – that hasn’t aged well. It’s bit like ...