Two drivers felt the long arm of the law when they were arrested for driving beyond the speed limit on the N3 Freeway in Germiston on 23 April. EMPD officers monitoring the freeway between 6am and 11am next to Grey Avenue off-ramp stopped two vehicles for exceeding the 120km/h speed limit.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department released crime successes and car accidents statistics for between 19 April and 25 April that saw 13 arrests. Statistics show the following relating to crime: AREA Date Arrest Offense Nigel 20 April 2 Possession of 49x ziplocks of crystal meth and 23x ziplocks of khat worth R21 200 Putfontein 22 […]
Lillyvalle and Crystal Park is affected by a planned outage today, Wednesday, 28 April 2021. This is due to maintenance work being carried out at the Sentrast substation which will result in the two areas having no electricity between 08h00 and 17h00. Residents are urged to treat all electricity networks and points as live during […]
The City of Ekurhuleni condemns the barbarism displayed during a service delivery protest in Thembisa this morning where a Harambee BRT bus was damaged. The vandalism led to a temporary suspension of services for commuters using Harambee. The MMC for Transport and Fleet Management Cllr Phelisa Nkunjana condemned the vandalism of municipal property during the […]
In a bid to move towards digitisation, the City of Ekurhuleni is piloting a paperless submission of building plans. The pilot is only for the Eastern region, which means it is only applicable to the City Planning offices housed in the customer care centres in Springs, Benoni, Brakpan and Nigel. Previously property developers or homeowners […]
Members of the public have until 29 April to comment on the City’s 2021 – 2022 reviewed IDP and 2021/22 – 2022/23 municipal budget. Brakpan is under the spotlight tonight when the public meeting is held at 16h00 at Brakpan Customer Care Centre’s Banquet Hall. Mayoral Committee Member Cllr Phelisa Nkunjana will address the public […]
For those whose driver’s licences expired during lockdown, you have until August 2021 to renew them. “The August deadline was set to allow as many drivers as possible enough time to renew their licences. This has also allowed us to manage applications as we work with skeleton staff due to the Covid-19 regulations that require […]
The South African Police Service`s (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Services in conjunction with that of the Ekurhuleni`s Metropolitan Police made a staggering seizure of counterfeit Cigarettes worth millions of rands on the N12 Freeway over the past weekend. Counterfeit and dangerous illicit cigarettes, which were being illegally transported into the country almost every month,
Eight male suspects were arrested on Thursday, 22 April, and a reported robbed/hijacked heavy motor vehicle and semi-trailer recovered in Putfontein during crime operations by the EMPD. At 07h30, eye hawked Metro police officers were stopped by concerned members of the community about suspected shady characters with suspicious motor vehicles frequenting one of the nearby
A virtual World Book Day was hosted on 23 April by the City’s Library and Information Services in partnership with Gauteng Province. World Book Day was started by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 23 April 1995 to celebrate books and authors, as well as encourage young people to read and write. […]











