Three days. One challenge: build an app that makes a difference. One of South Africa’s biggest hackathons returns from 23 to 25 October, challenging developers to build apps that address everyday problems. JOHANNESBURG: More than 10 000 developers have registered to participate in this year’s FNB App of the Year Hackathon, making it one of the biggest hackathons in South Africa. Taking place from Friday, 23 October to Sunday, 25 October 2026, the event will bring together developers and aspiring …
Wavepool Surf Tour Alaïa Surf Challenge: The Final Countdown Starts Now
Entries for the Alaïa Surf Challenge close on 31 October 2026, so the countdown is on, with cash, prizes, and World Final places still to be decided. There’s still time to book a session and submit your best rides, while existing entrants can improve their submissions and climb the Sion Tourisme Leaderboards. Make the next session count When surfing at Alaïa Bay, you have the same sections on repeat, but with a different plan each time. Generate more speed, get on your rail earlier, or focus on …
My City Loft Helps Renters Plan a January Move Into the Johannesburg CBD
Johannesburg: January is a month of fresh starts in the inner city. People take up new jobs, students go back to college and leases come up for renewal, so the coming weeks are when most renters start weighing up where to live next year. My City Loft rents studio and one-bedroom flats in six buildings across the inner city, and it is urging anyone planning a move to begin looking now. Starting early leaves time to visit buildings, get answers and organise the move without pressure. The main …
Urban Estate Puts Kew Flats From R4,500 in Reach Before the New Year Move
Johannesburg, South Africa: January is a month of fresh starts, and for plenty of Johannesburg residents that means a new address. Leases expire, new jobs kick off, and students and young professionals set out to find their own place before the year-end scramble begins. For renters already planning that step, Urban Estate, a provider of affordable apartments in the city’s northern suburbs, is pointing to 1st Avenue Executive in Kew, where bachelor and one-bedroom flats are available from …
NEXA Audio Readies South African Musicians for Festive Gig Season With IEMs
With year-end bookings stacking up, NEXA Audio is urging South African performers to get their stage monitoring sorted now, and its in-ear monitors start at R280. South Africa, 22 October 2026: Between now and January, local musicians face their fullest stretch of the year: weddings, office parties, carol services, school concerts and festive gigs. More shows mean more hours on stage and more reliance on a clear monitor mix. The South African online audio store, founded by a musician, is aiming …
Water Update – Treatment Work is Underway
The City of Tshwane, working with Rand Water, is carrying out extensive work at Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Plant to improve the treatment process, address the water quality challenges and stabilise the supply. The plant will be temporarily switched on and off at intervals to allow teams to carry out the necessary work. Residents may therefore experience interruptions to their water supply during this period. These interruptions are part of the planned interventions to improve water …
Green Cube Maintenance & Landscaping Publishes Guide on Using Commercial Landscaping as a Brand Asset for Pretoria Businesses
Green Cube Maintenance & Landscaping explains how commercial outdoor spaces function as brand touchpoints, and what intentional landscaping design means for Pretoria businesses opening or refreshing premises. PRETORIA, South Africa — Green Cube Maintenance & Landscaping has published a guide for business owners opening or refreshing commercial premises, addressing an aspect of brand presentation that rarely appears on a fit-out checklist: the outdoor space clients see before they see …
Parliament Escalation of Tshwane Water Investigation
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Media Liaison: It is a very good thing that Parliament’s committees on Water and Health have agreed to hold a joint hearing tomorrow on Tshwane’s failures to supply clean water in Bronkhorstspruit. The joint committee sitting will be on Friday, 23 October 2026. Parliament’s Committees can and should exert thorough oversight of governance failures like this one, and should hold local governments accountable when hundred of people fall ill due …
Tshwane must confirm whether chlorine crisis extends to other communities
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Following the shocking revelation that the City of Tshwane failed to chlorinate drinking water at the Bronkhorstspruit treatment plant for several weeks, the DA demands urgent confirmation that the same failure has not occurred at other water treatment plants across the City. Information sent to the DA alleges that chlorine is absent at numerous water treatment plants, not just Bronkhorstspruit. As yet, we have not received …
TMPD’s Actions at Paul Kruger Children’s Home Borders on Criminality
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the actions of officials and members of the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) who unlawfully disconnected the electricity supply of the Paul Kruger Children’s Home in Villieria on Wednesday. Such conduct borders on criminality. The officials forced open the electricity box and violently yanked out the main circuit breaker after allegations of non-payment. According to the available information, though, the Children’s Home’s account with the …