Cadets at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) training academy resumed training on 3 August. The academy reopened its gates to 500 cadets who missed more than four months of training to be fully-fledged Metro police officers due to COVID-19 lockdown that came into effect in
Scores of residents in and around Thembisa flocked to Olifantsfontein Train Station to be screened and tested for Covid19 and other illnesses at the Transnet Phelophepa Healthcare train. The 19-coaches Transnet Phelophepa train is a fully-fledged primary health care facility, fitted with state-of-the-art equipment such as the eye clinic, including spectacle lens
A tip off by members of the community led to the arrest of a 35-year-old woman found in possession of 53 khat mandrax tablets at Sekuthuleni informal settlements in KwaThema. According to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), the street value of the woman’s alleged stash is estimated at R3 000. She was also found […]
On Monday, 21 September, the EMPD Anti-Cable Theft Unit not only discovered the body of a man but also arrested three people for cable theft. At 11h35, officers patrolling the Mooifontein cemetery parameters where flagged down by two members of the community, citing that they saw what looked like a motionless person inside the cemetery […]
On Tuesday (22 September) different EMPD units and SAPS members visited Germiston and goods for sale displayed at prohibited places, obstructing pedestrians on sidewalks and abandoned dilapidated motor vehicles parked illegally, were impounded. Between 10h00 and 15h00, sidewalks on Rand, Knox with Joubert streets, were raided following a joint bylaws operation. When
The public is warned to be aware of a Grant-in-Aid scam that is being carried by a person claiming to be an employee of the City. The City has been inundated with complaints from residents receiving calls from the scammer soliciting money to purportedly fast-track their Grant-in-Aid applications. The scammer who claims to be involved […]
The City of Ekurhuleni has amended its load shedding schedule to respond to customers’ needs and provide for up to Stage 8. The amended schedules, which has already been uploaded on the City’s website, is applicable immediately. When Eskom declares Stage 1 or 2 load shedding, the latest schedule that is now available on the […]
The MMC for Community Safety, Cllr Phaladi Mmoko, is saddened by the gruesome shooting of one of our dedicated and committed law enforcement officers, Constable Mopi Johannes Matloa. It is said, suspects entered his home in Ivory Park, and hailed bullets at him. Constable Matloa was rushed to Zamukuhle Hospital, where he passed on. The […]
For years, the City of Ekurhuleni has participated in National Arbour Month programmes by roping in communities through various activities such as planting memorial trees, while introducing them to celebrated trees of each year. The 2020 celebrated tree is the Ekebergia Capensis (Cape Ash tree), an evergreen tree which can reach up to 15 metres […]
Residents recently relocated to Putfontein from Glen Marikana will soon have electricity. They were settled in a blocked formation to allow for installation of basic and other municipal services such as emergency services. The electrification designs for the area have now been concluded, and three contractors appointed to install electricity. The contractors











