The power supply to the Pretoria West area was expected to be restored by Thursday afternoon, the city said on Wednesday.
Some of the world’s best tennis players traded in their racquets for football boots on Wednesday on behalf of Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims.
West African leaders met in a summit on Wednesday under pressure to take action over Côte d’Ivoire.
Tiger Woods launched a cellphone application on Wednesday that will give golfing lessons via cellphones.
Portuguese PM José Sócrates resigned on the eve of a key EU summit on the eurozone debt crisis after Parliament rejected his new austerity plan.
It will be yet another test of nerves when South Africa take on New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-final on Friday, but the Proteas aren’t nervous.
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) confiscated a Lamborghini and Ferrari belonging to Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir on Wednesday.
The homeless Canterbury Crusaders say losing is not an option this weekend as they play the Coastal Sharks in London.
Australia, Canada and Singapore joined a list of countries shunning Japanese food imports as radioactive steam wafted anew from a nuclear plant.
Western warplanes hit Libya for a fifth night on Thursday, but have so far failed to stop Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks shelling rebel-held towns.