Gauteng

Johannesburg, West Rand gently rocked by Friday morning tremor

Johannesburg was rocking this morning, and it’s not because we’re in a brand new month. Just before 7am on Friday morning, Gauteng residents were…

Updating: Johannesburg CBD fire is now contained, 3 firefighters dead

Update, 9am Friday: The fire which burned through a building in Johannesburg’s central district has been extinguished. Update, 9pm Thursday: “Significant progress” has been…

#JoburgFire: Twitter accounts to follow for breaking news

A fire currently tearing through a Johannesburg CBD building is one of the biggest news stories on Twitter today. While South Africans have the…

MTN is South Africa’s best mobile network, new report suggests

MTN is the best mobile network in South Africa according to a new report published by MyBroadband. The company’s Q1 2018 Mobile Network Quality…

Floods, Facebook and Floyd: what was hot in South Africa this past week

Social media was last week awash by the #GautengFloods, according to analytics firm ROI Africa’s latest report. According to stats siphoned from the web…

Reiger Park NSFW video trends: news you missed this weekend (29 January 2018)

The final weekend of January has come and gone. Here’s the big news you may have missed this weekend. The big stories of the…

Vodacom’s NB-IoT network is now live in Gauteng

Vodacom’s first commercially available Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network is now live in Gauteng. This announcement is the latest in a string of IoT plays made…

Uber Movement launches in Gauteng

After it was abruptly shooed out of London last week, Uber wants to show the world that it’s more than just a disruptive on-demand…

Johannesburg’s western suburbs prepare for 33-hour water cut

Johannesburg’s western suburbs will tomorrow get a taste of Cape Town’s possible future, when the taps run dry for up to 33 hours. The…

Tshwane school gets ‘skinny pants’ to trend on Twitter after protest

There have been an awful many incidents regarding dress codes and codes of conduct at Gauteng schools this year, but the latest doesn’t concern…

Twitter is extra chill tonight as cold front freezes South Africa

It’s not every day that actual weather jargon trends on South Africa’s social media networks, but this is seemingly no ordinary week. Talk of…

#TaxiStrike: Johannesburg, Pretoria traffic disrupted by striking taxi operators

If you’re in Johannesburg, Pretoria or surrounds today, you might want to stay at home. Or at the very least, avoid major highways. Santaco…

North West floods in pictures: Facebook, Twitter captures sodden destruction

Well South Africa, Cyclone Dineo wasn’t the weather system we should’ve been worried about. Although the tropical cyclone passed well north of Gauteng and…

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Avengers: Endgame passed R100m mark in SA Box Office this weekend

Google’s new AR Beauty Try-On will let you try lipsticks on YouTube

Silvertree exits CompareGuru in sale to SA’s SureStart

Egypt’s Eksab secures ‘six-figure’ investment from 500 Startups

‘Not easy to classify whether a startup is African because of globalisation’

4 blockbuster movies that would make amazing games

Samsung to release 27-inch CRG5 curved gaming monitor later this year

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will officially launch this Friday

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals