As fireworks graced South African skies, early indications were that the country had escaped the menace of the Y2K bug.
"We are communicating - so it means that everything is still okay" a Telkom e-mail announced.
The Banking Council's e-mail, while not as animated, was equally as heartening, saying: "ATMs and credit-card point-of-sale devices are reported to be functioning smoothly and there is no shortage of cash."
"Saswitch - which allows bank customers to withdraw money from the ATMs of other banks - is also operating normally."
"The Year 2000 Banking Response Centre is confident that branch services will also operate as usual."
Meanwhile the National Y2K Disaster Management Centre said: "Computer-aided systems and services showed no sings of succumbing to the Millennium Bug, to the huge relief and delight of officials overseeing the roll-over."
The five greater Johannesburg councils said, although there had been a few minor glitches during Friday evening, none were Y2K related.
A statement said lightning struck a Kibler Park power station temporarily disrupting the civil defence telephone system and causing a number of power failures. - Sapa