The Gauteng Liquor Board (GLB) has begun a province-wide campaign that brings transformation, digital access, and direct engagement to liquor traders across Gauteng. The rollout marks a new phase in the province’s effort to build an inclusive, transparent, and digitally connected liquor industry.
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Gauteng residents should prepare for another week of load reduction as Eskom continues its targeted power-management plan to protect transformers from overloading. The schedule runs from Monday, 3 November to Monday, 10 November 2025, and affects several communities across Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, and the West Rand.
The City of Tshwane is once again facing a public health emergency after officials confirmed a rise in typhoid fever cases in Hammanskraal and Bronkhorstspruit. Several hospitalisations, including children as young as eight months old, have reignited public concern over water safety and the state of basic services in Gauteng’s capital.
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.
The fight against substance abuse gained momentum in Gauteng this week. MEC for Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile met with residents, health workers and activists at Orlando Community Hall. The gathering formed part of the Tswa Daar: Phuma Lapho Anti-Substance Abuse Campaign, a provincewide initiative to curb the impact of drugs and alcohol.
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.
In a major step for South African healthcare, doctors at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital have achieved a historic first – a successful Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) Stem Cell Transplant on a 14-year-old boy living with Aplastic Anemia.
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.
Eskom has confirmed that several areas across Gauteng will face planned load reduction this week as part of efforts to…
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