Johannesburg residents were encouraged to step outside at midnight on Tuesday and watch the Hillbrow Tower come alive with a breathtaking light display featuring the words “Happy New Year”.
In a statement, Telkom (state telecoms company) said it will illuminate the iconic Hillbrow Tower on New Year's Eve and encouraged residents to step outside and witness the display from their vantage point.
“As Telkom lights up the Hillbrow Tower, we would like to remind South Africans that 'possible' is in the moments we share, the dreams we pursue, and the connections we build. Join us in celebrating the dawn of 2025 and a future full of opportunities,” said Gugu Mthembu, chief marketing officer at Telkom.
Telkom said at the heart of this moment is their belief that “Possible Begins Here” — a commitment to innovation, connectivity, and uniting South Africans through shared experiences.
“The event promises to bring the city together as we usher in a fresh chapter of hope and possibility,” reads the statement,
Standing 269 metres tall, the Hillbrow Tower has been a defining feature of Johannesburg’s skyline since 1971.
Once a symbol of cutting-edge telecommunications, today it remains a landmark of progress and resilience in a city that never stops growing.
Renamed after South Africa’s democratic transition, the Hillbrow Tower has witnessed decades of change and continues to stand as a beacon of connectivity and unity.
“At midnight , the Hillbrow Tower will come alive with a breathtaking light display featuring the words 'Happy New Year' — a message of celebration, hope, and new beginnings.
“This symbolic moment invites every Johannesburg resident to look to the sky and embrace the endless possibilities of 2025”, said Mthembu.
Lawly: Don't mind them. The girl is popular and respected than their president at the international level. When our Nigerian president roars, the South African president trembles and roll on the ground crying yes Sir. South Africa is not Nigeria's mate in any way at all. The only country in Africa that can stand along side Nigeria is Egypt.
kingbee90: You this ugly coon. You always mention Nigeria in all your topics and threads like it's a dick measuring contest. It's been months after the pageant and Chidimma has her crown yet you UGLY bastards are still mentioning her name here & there. Why did Miss universe SA chicken out of the competition? Una too get low self-esteem when around Nigerians because we possess all the qualities y'all lack & are craving for.
By the way, Have you taken your Anti-retroviral Drug dosage today?
Drug dealing and palliative rice stampedes aren't qualities we aspire to, thanks 😂😂😂 How was your Christmas - the one time you got to eat meat after several months? A wayward snake should crawl into your compound abeg, so you taste some protein. In the meantime you can lick this photo of a typical SA Christmas lunch😂😂😂
helinues: How much was credited to your bank account after watching Chindima's interview?
You are indirectly becoming obsessed with Chidinma. You might not consciously aware of that
You're obsessed with me even though you say I'm uninspiring but you're in all my threads. You see the irony? Pull out the dictionary, i know you gonna struggle with this one as well😂😂😂
The South African is just looking for something to talk about and playing a child's game
Is this studio based in a mud hut or mkhukhu or something? The audio is terrible. Was waiting for that foul-mouthed one with a hijab to speak her usual bs about SA but i guess she was locked in a Libyan airport storeroom and couldn't make it. The last show i watched had all 4 panelists talking smack about SA alongside the callers - total echo chamber, do you call this news in Nigeria? SA news is far superior, no panel discussion will ever take place without diverse views - no wonder you so toxically brainwashed about everything black South African, its spoonfed to una by discredited so-called news outlets.
Anyway, on a lighter note, Chichi really looks malnourished and lacks glow nowadays, not to mention those gigantic bags under her eyes. Baby girl needs to import some SA water and pap.
[quote author=KingCold post=133483931]It is primary school knowledge.. i learned about VAT at what? 5th grade? and here you are presenting it like it's some esoteric knowledge. it's cringe man, come on! ]
South African online users have been sharing a viral picture of what is said to be beauty queen, Chidimma Adetshina, after she left SA four months ago to go live in her motherland, Nigeria.
One such X post - uploaded on 28 December - has garnered over 180,000 views, 1,500 likes and 127 comments.
KingCold: They are clueless but their mouths are so big
And their mouths must be so stinky now that they have to make life or death decisions on whether to spend the little they have on food or personal hygiene products.
KingCold: Oh this fool... the same healthcare has world-class hospitals that offer free healthcare.. free HIV medication... something you have no clue off.. Nigeria has the highest prevalence of babies born with HIV in the world..because you're still grappling with mother -to child-transmission ..something that's totally eradicated in SA... That's why you'll never see a South African president going to a UK hospital for flue...and that's why even with our so=called HIV.you still have the worse life expectancy 😂
DAAANG! That's a death blow right there! 😂😂😂 But its so true and ironic 😂😂😂
KingCold: South Africa is probably the most cosmopolitan country in Africa, please don't embarrass yourself.. We literally have the world in our doorstep.. We don't make threads about spotting a white man jogging in our hoods like it's the second coming of Jesus.. e?
KingCold: Bro.. English is a simple language.. I said all of the things I mentioned are better in SA.. and they indeed are? do you have better electricity? No! better literacy levels? No! do you have better healthcare? No! better water and sanitation? better roads? schools? universities? airports? even the women no... no no no!
if 80% of the black South African is made mainly of gatemen how do you think our economy survives? South AFrica has the biggest tax collection revenue in Africa and Nigeria obe of the world's lowest ..and you think our our tax comes from gatemen? you stupid
Don't waste your breath, these ones don't know what tax is. And those suckers that get taxed never see the results of their taxation. Only zoologists understand nigerian society.
KingCold: With a superior GDP (goods and services) than you.. lazy men sure produce a lot
Nigeria's GDP is soon to be overtaken by Algeria and Ethiopia to become Africa's #5 despite having by far the largest population and oil reserves. How dumb does a country have to be? 😂😂😂😂😂
KingCold: And yet you cry over the internet on how your government has failed you... As for "hard work" ..lol.. nothing about your country screams "hard work"
KingCold: Ofcourse anything white or with light-skin is "first-class" to you coons ..it doesn't come as a surprise. your white worshipping rhetoric is almost legendary
The fact remains.. I by virtue of being a black south African enjoy.. the first preference of government in upliftment programmes by virtue of the govt being majority black..I also enjoy or have access to better ...
infrastructure than you better healthcare better literacy levels better GDP per capita (an average SAn has more spending power) A better economy inhabit an Upper- Middle-income country Better life expectancy better access to water and sanitation Better electricity,, etc, etc
Do you boast the same? who's 4th class between you and me? You flee to my country for the same benefits don't you?
Check proper skooling!
The Hunger-gerian's hunger pains made him delusional there for a while but you set the record straight!😎🔥
The classic lie you tell yourselves to feel better about your plight over there in fufuland where you die in stampedes for rice.. If I'm indeed 4th class, I shudder to think what you are over there.
Federalis: Aggie, Kaffir, Boer, Bayede. "Oy, bra, you're more broke than a rand in a club. Bleep off, kaffir!" You should move to Mozambique, you filthy South African!" You're a flat earther and also believe that the moon landing never happened to a South African 😂😂😁😂
Happ "Traumatic Yuletide" fellow Hunger-gerian. Our thoughts are with you hungry lots. Send me your address so i can post you my dog's xmas leftovers for your one meal of the day 😂😂😂
Federalis: Yeah. Enjoy your murderous south africa where you kill your women on a daily. They will soon go extinct and the white women won't take you. After all, you are denied access to many areas and lands by the whites, in your own country called South Xenophobic Africa. Shameless beings, how can you be restricted to certain areas in your own country and you are here running your mouth like a diarrhea
You're restricted from accessing an SA visa, ain't that why you all have your knickers in a knot? Just sitting back and watching you all finish Hunger-geria, isn't that why you're desperate to jump off the sinking Worst African ship? To think you were once the number 1 economy in Africa and now you're 4th 😂😂😂. Ethiopia about to sink you to 5th spot!😂 We should send you one or 2 whites to help keep you afloat and develop you to SA standards since they're messiah in eyes, and then next Christmas you can atleast enjoy 2 meals a day instead of 1 every 2 days 😂😂😂
Federalis: If not for the white, these same mofos south africans will always be the ones begging for other African countries to come and visit their yeye country at will. Aside the whites, the black south africans have a very big empty space upstairs, that can build a mansion. That's why there are lazy, xenophobic, and only good at spreading infections (STD)
That's true since you're starving in Hunger-geria because you don't have whites.
Samantha125: Please, don't involve SA men into this... Because some Nigerian men are also not innocent in killing their women... GBV is a global problem and not just an SA problem. c.
He forgot to mention his men use SA women as drug mules. But that's not a crime for Nigerians, its 'development'.