Youth

Kwadutsa Football Academy Changing Lives

Super User 15/06/2021 0

Kwadutsa Football Academy is a Youth Sports Development Academy situated in Nigel. At the helm is Simon Ntsikelelo “Whitey” Tshowa, a born and bred resident of Tsakani. He uses Nigel High School as his base camp, where he takes on aspiring footballers from the age of 14 and above. As boarder of

Uncategorised

Access to Adequate Housing for All

Super User 11/06/2021 0

Section 26(1) of the Constitution provides that everyone shall have the right of access to adequate housing. Accessibility means that government must create conducive conditions for all its citizens, irrespective of their economic status, to access affordable housing. The right to adequate housing ensures that people enjoy physical and mental health and live in a […]

Health

Residents to Receive an SMS for Second Dose of Pfizer Vaccine

Super User 11/06/2021 0

With almost a month since the City launched the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on, 17 May 2021, healthcare workers and residents who are 60 years and older are reminded of their second dose. “The second dose of the Pfizer vaccine will now be given at 6 weeks (42 Days) after the first dose rather than 3 […]

Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture

City Hosts Inhlambululo

Super User 11/06/2021 0

The Springs Art Gallery (SAG) is pleased to present Simphiwe Majozi’s debut solo exhibition Inhlambululo -exhibit new body of work and expresses his ongoing cultural beliefs and practices subjects through photography. Simphiwe Majozi from Daveyton was born in 1993. In 2016/ 2017 he participated in the Ekurhuleni Art Development Programme, and in 2018 was part […]

Community Empowerment

Ekurhuleni Continues to Lend a Helping Hand through Social Packages

Super User 10/06/2021 0

The City of Ekurhuleni continues to provide much-needed relief to the less fortunate members of society through its social package. During the Budget Speech, tabled by Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Finance and Economic Development Cllr Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, it was shared that from 2016 the City had spent R18.21 billion providing free basic […]

Human Settlement

Kaalfontein Informal Settlement Receives Aid after Fire

Super User 09/06/2021 0

The City has come to the rescue of 60 families after their shacks at the Kaalfontein Informal Settlement in Thembisa were burnt to ashes during a fire incident on May 31. Personnel from the Department of Human Settlements have been hard at work rebuilding the shacks ever since the fire erupted and some have already […]

City’s 20th Celebration

City’s Solid Waste Depots Refurbished in the Last 20 Years

Super User 09/06/2021 0

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 mortar, with partitioned buildings consisting of administration offices, […]

City’s 20th Celebration

Leondale Library Part of 20 Year Celebration

Super User 09/06/2021 0

Situated in Noreen Road in Roodekop, Leondale library is one of the City’s state-of-the-art libraries. The library was built in August 2017 through a partnership between the City and Gauteng Provincial government. It is under the leadership of long time librarian Maggie Pretorius who, together with four other staff members, ensure that Leondale and surrounding […]

Youth

Young Pilot Gives Back To His Community

Super User 09/06/2021 0

In a case of ploughing back to the community Jabulani Mthembu, a former recipient of a bursary from the City has donated 350 pairs of shoes to needy pupils from schools in Vosloorus. Mthembu, through his non-profitable Company – Educate Lead Achieve (ELA) said he was happy to lend a helping to some of the […]

City’s 20th Celebration

OR Tambo Environmental Centre Used To Be an Illegal Dumping Spot 20 Years Ago

Super User 09/06/2021 0

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 […]