The lack of electricity stimulated the creativity of some 20 teenagers who invented the country's first completely solar-powered train to help their commuting parents forced to make difficult daily journeys

Scheduled blackouts due to the inability of the state-owned energy company Eskom to ensure a sufficient supply of energy resulted in the death of 40.000 chickens on an industrial farm in the country

Mermaiding, swimming with legs wrapped in a monofin, is all the rage in South Africa, with the sport becoming very popular between Johannesburg and Cape Town

The death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck in the town of Boksburg has risen to 34, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital; the truck was carrying gas when it got stuck under a low-lying bridge

Eskom's CEO has promised a Christmas Day respite from the prolonged and unprecedented power cuts the country has been experiencing for months, though the state-owned company warned that people must prepare for a prolonged electricity crisis