Investigations are underway after an apparent meteor was spotted over Gauteng over the weekend.

People saw the bright light between 10:30pm and 11pm on Saturday night, heading towards the north of Pretoria. Eyewitness News has also received reports of the meteor being spotted as far as Botswana.

Witnesses said it was a spectacular sight.

“There was a very bright explosion, where the sky lit up as if it were day time,” said one eyewitness.

“All of a sudden we saw this blue light then a huge ball of fire,” said another person

The Johannesburg Planeterium’s Claire Flanagan said there was no doubt the object was a meteor.

Astronomers and scientists are still trying to find out where the meteor landed.