The Mixed Martial Arts National Tournament held at Sebenza on Saturday 10 April was a resounding success. Mixed Martial Arts also known as cage fighting is a full contact combat sport based on striking, grapping, incorporating techniques from various combat sports and martial arts. Saturday’s
The City’s Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) rescue team recovered the body of a man with gunshot and burn wounds in Boksburg on 10 April. According to DEMS Spokesperson William Ntladi, the body was approximately four metres down in the basement of an abandoned structure in Rietfontein Road. “On arrival to the scene, […]
It took four rescue teams from the City’s Emergency Management Services (DEMS) to contain a house fire in Alwyn Street, Kempton Park on Saturday, 10 April. The Kempton Park rescue team responded to the call and on arrival, flames were already burning through the upper floor of the double storey house, with the thatch […]
The City of Ekurhuleni will hold its Integrated Development and Planning (IDP) and Budget consultative meetings with residents and other stakeholders from 14 – 21 April 2021. The IDP is a process through which municipalities prepare a strategic development plan which extends over a five-year period. This then guides and informs all planning, budgeting, management […]
April is regarded as Chris Hani month in the calendar of the City where his life and legacy is reflected through various events. The wreath laying ceremony held at his gravesite at the Thomas Nkobi Memorial on Saturday, 10 April 2021, attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa, marked the start of this year’s commemoration. Hani, a […]
The City of Ekurhuleni is not involved in a GBV Awareness Fun Walk that is being advertised and publicised on social media. The event is said to be on 24 April in Katlehong and has the City’s logo on the poster. The City vehemently distances itself from this event and in no way plays a […]
The City continues to clean stormwater drains and channels to keep the road infrastructure in good condition. Chief Engineer from the Thembisa Depot Kgadi Marumo, who leads the team that does routine checks said, “The northern part of the City used to be well known for flooding and since we have started being proactive and […]
The City has come a long way since the advent of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) back in 1994, but its outlook on the necessity of human settlements remains the same. According to the Department of Human Settlements, Subsidised Housing is a programme that affords a beneficiary to acquire a house that is built […]
Landowners with strategically positioned properties in the City of Ekurhuleni can rent out spaces to billboard owners. The billboard owner can make application to erect the signage to the City, provided there is consent from the landowner. According to the City’s Billboard and the Display of Advertisement Bylaw if you wants to put up a […]
Swift action of law enforcers led to a successful arrest of copper cable thieves in Benoni on Tuesday, 6 April. Two suspects, a South African citizen and a Mozambican national, were caught in the act of stealing copper cables at Voortrekker Bridge in Benoni. The suspects were caught with 2m x 185mm square and three […]











