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PM Modi to depart for Johannesburg for BRICS Summit tomorrow, likely to meet China's Xi Jinping

PM Modi will be leaving for Johannesburg tomorrow morning to participate in the 15th BRICS Summit and may meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines as PM's schedule in terms of bilateral meetings in South Africa is still being worked out, Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday

BRICS Summit in South Africa: Who is invited? What to expect from the meet?

PM Narendra Modi and China's Xi Jinping will mark their presence at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg next week. Russia’s Vladimir Putin will attend the meet virtually. The grouping of major developing nations is likely to discuss expansion and reducing the dollar’s dominance in payments

WATCH: Suspected gas explosion in Johannesburg rips open roads, flips cars during rush hour, injuring nine

As many as nine people were injured after a suspected underground gas explosion during Johannesburg's evening rush hour ripped open roads and flipped more than 20 cars on Wednesday, injuring at least nine people, said authorities

The world's largest rhinoceros farm is up for sale. Are you willing to buy it?

John Hume, a South African conservationist, has devoted 30 years and a vast fortune to the effort to save the rhinoceros. Hume will now auction off his largest rhino farm to the highest bidder this week due to a lack of funds

Struggling with power crisis, South Africans now face water woes

Africa's most industrialised economy has been crippled by record power cuts in the past year, as troubles at debt-laden state energy firm Eskom worsened. The utility provides about 90 percent of the country's electricity. The power crisis is now affecting the water infrastructure

South Africa’s ruling ANC wants to use disaster legislation to tackle power crisis

State power utility Eskom has scheduled power cuts every day this year, after a record number of days with outages last year. On Tuesday, it ramped up power cuts to the highest level on record

In South Africa, power cuts are not sparing the dead

Mortuary directors are urging the bereaved to carry out fast-track funerals to avoid decay and ease pressure on morgue refrigerators. That could require uncomfortable change in a country where most funerals take place one or two weeks after the death

South Africa can’t keep its lights on amid worst power crisis

Africa’s most industrialised nation has been hit by crippling blackouts, pushing thousands of consumers to take to the streets in protest this week. Mounting anger has led to several protests in recent days and lawsuits against the authorities

Fuel tanker explosion kills 10, injures 40 in South Africa

Ten people died and around 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg, a South African city east of Johannesburg, emergency services said Saturday.

South Africa: 14 killed, three critically injured in mass shooting at bar in Johannesburg's Soweto township

Johannesburg Police said that they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar late Saturday night