After gold first being discovered in the Witwatersrand basin in 1886, miners quickly established the city of Johannesburg, which explains why South Africa's commercial capital is the world's ...

South Africa's state-owned power company, Eskom, triggers planned blackouts in Johannesburg and other parts of the country, which it calls "load-shedding," saying it needs to ease pressure on the ...

Riverlea is just south of where gold was first discovered in Johannesburg in 1886, leading to the rise of what is still a brash and proud commercial city that attracts migrants from across Africa.

South Africa’s largest city is now on its sixth different mayor in 22 months. While politicians argue over power, residents struggle with dry taps, heaps of garbage and dilapidated buildings.