The EastFashionWeek (ESTFW) is an annual programme that provides access to market for local fashion designer brands. This is done by providing showcasing platforms, online promotions and access to direct markets. #SUPPORTLOCAL is an awareness campaign to highlight the importance of supporting
The City of Ekurhuleni thanks residents and businesses in Brakpan for their patience during the recent water supply interruption which lasted just over 35 hours. The connection of water to the new Brakpan reservoir has now been completed. The construction of the Brakpan Reservoir is an attempt by the City to ensure it delivers on […]
The festive season is around the corner, and many customers feel the need to shower officials from the City with gifts. Residents and some business sectors have also formed a bond with the waste collections personnel from the city. Residents are not to provide gifts to the employees of Waste Management Services be it money […]
The urban growth development strategy of the City of Ekurhuleni is aligned to its policy to redress the policies which were made in such a way that the previously disadvantaged communities are away from the urban development. Ekurhuleni’s City Planning Head of Department Palesa Tsita was speaking during the celebration of Town Planning Month on […]
Ekurhuleni mobile clinics, staffed with healthcare workers, have travelled the length and breadth of the region providing much-needed care to residents of informal settlements for over 20 years, and continue to do so. Mkhulu Fredrick Williams (63), who has been living in Ekurhuleni for 24 years, has praises for the City’s health practitioners for raising […]
The City reconnected 18 residential properties to the electricity grid in Kwa-Thema on 23 November after they were recently disconnected due to illegal connections. Two additional businesses were also reconnected in Boksburg on 25 November. The properties were reconnected after the owners paid the R3 613.79 fine issued during the disconnections. Some properties were
Planned work to connect to the new reservoir in Brakpan got off to an earnest start at 08h00 this morning. The work being done will improve water storage to the area and is estimated to be done by 15h00 on Thursday, 26 November. Please keep all taps closed to avoid air running through water meters […]
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) in conjunction with the South African Police Services arrested a male suspect for being in possession of an unlicensed firearm with ammunition in Vosloorus on 21 November. The 43-year-old male was cornered during a crime prevention operation in Khoza Street in Vosloorus. According to EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng
The City of Ekurhuleni views street trading as part of economic development rather than a poverty alleviation or welfare project. The development of economic infrastructure tailored to create exposure of informal traders to their target market is a key priority for the City. Development of policy framework and numerous support interventions by the City to […]
Public Order Policing members apprehended a male suspect found with an unlicensed firearm at Thomas Nkobi Cemetery in Elspark on 22 November. A gunshot grabbed the attention of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department’s (EMPD) units patrolling on the Old Heidelberg Road. According to EMPD Acting Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, the units rushed to the cemetery from […]











