Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille said Gauteng has pulled in an estimated R1 billion in revenue from visitors attending the G20 events in the province over the weekend. This is an early estimation of tourism revenue made by Gauteng during South Africa’s G20 presidency. More than 130 meetings were hosted across the country, with…
The 2025 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards have revealed the regional winners for Gauteng. Media professionals across these provinces are celebrating achievements in 12 categories, with journalists presenting exceptional entries that highlight the very best of their work over the past year. This year, we received over 1,330 submissions, received from journalists nationwide, exceeding…
Standard Bank South Africa has committed to support the Watch Play Learn Pilot Project, an initiative of Sesame Workshop South Africa aimed at addressing the escalating Early Childhood Development (ECD) crisis in South Africa. The pilot, approved by the Free State Provincial Department of Education, is being implemented in partnership with the Department, which played…
The 2025 G20 Johannesburg summit is the upcoming twentieth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), a meeting of heads of state and government planned from 22 to 23 November 2025. It will be the first G20 summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa and on the African continent. South Africa assumed the G20 presidency from 1 December 2024 to November 2025, approximately five years ahead…
For they provide the physical and institutional scaffolding on which industrial transformation depends, with the B20 Energy Mix and Just Transition Task Force championing a just energy system that is scalable, investable and inclusive. In global forums, we have spent years debating the architecture of a just energy transition. The challenge now is not to…
The Gauteng Department of e Government will host a two day Youth Tech Expo on Friday, 20 November 2025 and Saturday, 21 November 2025 at Laerskool Danie Theron in Kibler Park, Johannesburg. This Expo forms part of a growing provincial series launched in 2022, aimed at addressing the high youth unemployment rate in Gauteng by…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has entered into a landmark global partnership with Suzuki Motor Corporation for two of its marquee tournaments, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 and the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026. Under the agreement, Suzuki will serve as an official global partner for both tournaments, as well as for…
Earlier in November, the Gauteng High Court set a deadline for the city to formalise more than 500 street vendors who had been prohibited from trading due to non-compliance. The City of Johannesburg has confirmed and cleared 161 informal traders (not 154) to continue operating in the inner city, following a court-ordered verification process. The city met…
HONOR CEO Fred Zhou to deliver keynote address and participate in two fireside discussions exploring Africa’s digital future. CAPE TOWN, South Africa — 07 November 2025 — Global smart device brand HONOR, the Diamond Sponsor of this year’s Africa Tech Festival 2025, will take centre stage at the continent’s leading technology gathering, underscoring its commitment to empowering Africa’s digital transformation…
South Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs converged in Johannesburg this month to pitch for millions in business funding at the 2025 South Africa Future Trust (SAFT) Summit a national platform celebrating the innovation and resilience of the country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). As the headline sponsor, Standard Bank stood alongside the SAFT in its mission…
