Gauteng
Eskom, City Power concerned about growing trend of cable theft in Gauteng
The broad use of copper has increased the value of the metal, enticing criminals and scrapyards to illegally obtain it.
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Stricter lockdown rules not on cards for Gauteng - provincial govt
The provincial executive committee met over the weekend but spokesperson Thabo Masebe said that it did not discuss the prospect of Gauteng moving back to a hard lockdown.
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SA records close to 9,000 daily infections, death toll now sits at 2,844
The death toll has also risen to 2,844 with 95 deaths over the past 24-hour cycle.
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Prasa confirms limited service on 4 rail lines to resume on Wednesday
Prasa said that it would adhere to all COVID-19 hygiene protocols, which include social distancing on platforms and inside trains.
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Gauteng deputy top cop Johannes Pharasi dies
It’s understood that Pharasi died in the early hours of Monday morning.
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Over 100,000 school placement applications received by Gauteng Education Dept
The online application process for grade one and eight pupils opened earlier for the 2021 academic year.
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3 more Gauteng schools closed following heightened COVID-19 concerns
The schools all in the west rand have reported cases of the coronavirus.
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Alex commuters forced to walk home amid taxi strike
One woman said it was unfair that commuters should suffer because of a misunderstanding between government and the taxi industry.
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Load reduction in Gauteng to resume until illegal connections end - Eskom
Many residents have been plunged into darkness due to illegal connections, which have caused harm to substations and transformers.
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Mbalula condemns Gauteng taxi drivers' strike
Customers are expected to arrange alternative transport to return home on Monday afternoon with the expectation of similar morning scenes playing out.
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Gauteng’s COVID-19 infections on the rise, Joburg & Ekurhuleni lead in cases
The province was continuing to see an increase in the number of infected people with the figure now sitting at over 13,000.
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Gauteng to get respite from cold snap from Thursday
According to the weather service, the country experienced the coldest day of the year Tuesday, with icy and frosty conditions.
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Gauteng top cop condemns Eersterust woman's murder as police hunt suspect
Gauteng police spokesperson Kay Makhubule said that police were still searching for the suspect who allegedly killed his 42-year-old girlfriend and left her body in an outside room.
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Gauteng to ask national govt for more health workers ahead of COVID-19 peak
Premier David Makhura said numbers were increasing rapidly and they needed to contain the spread of the virus. The province has 7,953 cases of COVID-19 at present.
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Makhura ‘concerned’ about growing rate of COVID-19 cases in Gauteng
Makhura said non-compliance with health regulations was threatening to undo the work that was done in the first thirty days of the lockdown to slow down the spread of the virus.
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While it snows in parts of WC, cold front visits Gauteng for the weekend
The temperatures plummeted overnight, and South Africans are piling on the layers to keep warm.
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Vaal Dam levels below 50%, residents urged to use water sparingly
The Department of Water and Sanitation said it was concerned about the Vaal and other dams, which form part of the Integrated Vaal River System.
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These are Gauteng's COVID-19 hotspots
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Friday said the province had recorded its biggest jump in COVID-19 infections over the past seven-day period. The province now has 4,839 infections, with 2,527 of them active cases. Makhura mapped out Gauteng's hoptspots and number of active cases in each area.
