Back in the day, solid waste officials in the City were subjected to unsafe working conditions in dilapidated depots. All that has changed as solid waste depots have been refurbished and new ones constructed. The modern waste depots have transformed from corrugated iron zinc to brick and

What was once deserted bush covered with illegally dumped dirt in Wattville is now an environmental centre named after freedom struggle icon OR Tambo. A lot has changed since the establishment of the City of Ekurhuleni in 2000. There has been a variety of infrastructural developments as well as community development projects. One such structural […]

Petite in stature, yet she has been carrying the most daunting task of managing the city’s cemeteries for the past 20 years with diligence and the efficiency required. Harriet Bless (53) is a mother of two. She is the executive manager responsible for all 79 cemeteries across the city. A huge responsibility she assumed immediately […]

The City of Ekurhuleni celebrates 20 years birthday today (5 December 2020). The City was established from an amalgamation of 11 administrations and nine towns in 2000. The journey to establishing an effective and efficient local government started with the mammoth task of having to merge the different administrative systems responsible for governance and service […]

On 5 December 2000, the local government authorities of the cities and towns east of Gauteng, and 11 administrations, amalgamated and so the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) was born, then the fourth largest metropolitan municipality in the country. The Eastern Gauteng Services Council, Khayalami Metropolitan Council, and the previous administrations of Alberton,