Browsing: Gauteng News

Energy filled the room as Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Lebogang Maile, addressed the 2025 Youth Investment Indaba. The event gathered policy leaders, business executives, and young entrepreneurs, all united by one vision: empowering Gauteng’s youth to drive the province’s economic transformation.

Eskom has confirmed that certain parts of Gauteng will experience a scheduled load reduction from Monday, 27 October to Friday, 31 October 2025. The intervention aims to protect transformers and substations from damage caused by illegal connections and overloading.

The announcement comes as Gauteng passes six months without national load shedding, with Eskom working to sustain generation capacity and prevent regional outages.

City Power has launched a citywide maintenance drive to strengthen Johannesburg’s electricity network and prevent future blackouts. The planned power outage, which started on Tuesday, 21 October, will run until Sunday, 26 October. Each affected area will experience power cuts lasting up to eight hours as crews upgrade aging substations and replace failing equipment. Thousands of households and businesses are expected to be affected.

Minibus taxis continue to dominate Gauteng’s transport network, carrying millions of commuters every day. However, a recent enforcement drive by the Gauteng Traffic Inspectorate (GTI) has revealed how widespread non-compliance remains within the industry. Authorities estimate that at least 35 taxi drivers are caught daily without valid licenses, exposing a serious gap in public transport safety and regulation.