Over 30 residents of Marathon Informal settlements in Primrose are lucky to be alive when their shacks were gutted down by fire on 6 June. A total of 13 shacks that shelters the resident were engulfed by flames burning their belongings. Fortunately, no one was injured during the fire breakout.
Between June 2016 and June 2020, the City had rehabilitated about 32 sinkholes costing close to R12 million. Sinkholes develop due to concentrated ingress of water into the ground mostly caused by an inappropriate or illegal connection of storm water pipes and drainage pipes, including sewer pipes. It is a big hole on the ground caused […]
A sedan and a taxi pulling a trailer were involved in a gruesome crash on M7 road east bound next to Eden Park and Phola Park in Thokoza on 6 June. A firefighting team from the Thokoza Fire Station responded to a scene where a taxi pulling a trailer and a sedan were involved in […]
Harambee BRT services will resume today after a temporary suspension that came as a result of a community protest in Thembisa yesterday. The suspension of the bus service has left commuters in the area stranded. The Member of Mayoral Committee for Transport and Fleet Management Cllr Phelisa Nkunjana said “The City of Ekurhuleni is pleased […]
Germiston library with the first one taking place on 11 June 2021. Thereafter the training will be held every Friday of the week. The ICT training is meant to equip young people with computer literacy, and this will cover Office Suite, E-HR application and library digital services and platforms. All young people who are interested […]
In observing this year’s Child Protection Week, Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Health and Social Services Cllr Nomadlozi Nkosi led the way in adhering to the’ theme: Let us protect children during covid-19 and beyond. This was evident at Thembelihle Primary School in Etwatwa and Isaac Makau Primary School in Wattville when the MMC […]
Eskom has introduced a nation-wide load shedding due to sudden loss of capacity at various power stations, and is implementing it directly at point of intake. This means that the City’s load shedding schedules are not applicable. In an effort to assist consumers, a temporary load shedding schedule has been drafted for stages 1 to […]
Building plans and occupational certificates are just compliance but are needed when selling your house. This was said by Tabudi Tebele, a Regional Manager Building Control in the City Planning during the department’s open day in Daveyton Customer Care Centre (CCC). He said it is important for home owners to use the services of the […]
The City of Ekurhuleni reiterates government’s call on residents to become ambassadors of change by adhering to the adjusted alert level 2 regulations. This follows the announcement that Gauteng has officially entered the third wave which is evident by the recent surge in new infections due to the increasing number of social gatherings. “The rise […]
The city has employed the services of private investigators who deployed a task team to conduct surveillance and arrest suspects at the identified hotspot areas across the city. On Monday, 24 May, cable theft suspects arrived at Modder Road in Benoni to steal cables, and the law enforcement officers pounced on them. One suspect was […]











