South Africa is a water-scarce country. Therefore, every little drop of rain counts, and rain harvesting goes a long way in ensuring that water is stored for future use. You can even direct the rain water by creating water channels on the ground to get the water to your garden, grass or flower

Saving a life is everyone’s responsibility and the City’s Disaster and Emergency Services (DEMS) offers free basic first aid training to members of the public. DEMS also offers Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), basic firefighting and evacuation in case of emergency related incidences. In addition, free training is available on general home safety talk which

The City is compiling the fourth General Valuation Roll made up of property information of all ratable properties within the boundaries of the municipality, for determination of assessment rates. The General Valuation Roll under compilation will be implemented from 1 July 2021 and be valid until 30 June 2025. As part of the compilation process, […]

The City honoured and celebrated the best-performing matriculants from the 2019 academic year at an event hosted by Executive Mayor Cllr Mzwandile Masina on 29 January.  Mayor Masina said the R100m bursary fund from R10m, was introduced in 2016, and is his administration’s way of investing in education in the City.  He said that although […]

The City’s cost containment measures, developed in line with the National Treasury’s Municipal Cost Containment Regulations, have translated into R130 million due to reduction of spending on indirect costs such as events, travelling, catering, workshops, printing and many more. Spending on these items has decreased by 51.5% compared to the approved budget. Responding to

The City’s mobile libraries make sure everyone has access to books, whether it be for pleasure, research or study purposes. Services in mobile libraries are only limited to borrowing and returning of reading materials. The ‘books on wheels’ makes its way to the following areas in the City’s southern region on a weekly basis, giving […]

It is back to school time, and parents or guardians who have not yet enrolled their bundles of joy at an Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) may look no further, registration at the Vosloorus centre is still open. Application forms can be collected from the facility during weekdays at 1910 Roets Drive, Extension 7 in […]

Learners from Phulong Secondary School received a life-changing tip from Member of Mayoral Committee for Infrastructure Services Cllr Masele Madihlaba. “Work hard to take advantage of bursaries which the City of Ekurhuleni offer to performing learners,’’ Cllr Madihlaba advised learners during a visit P to the schools, in the company of Gauteng MEC for Finance […]

The City allocated 430 shacks to the victims of Pomona informal settlement fire on Wednesday, 27 November 2019, following a fire that turned the settlement into ashes on 30 September. Humanitarian services and temporary accommodation were provided to the displaced residents at Benoni Community Hall – this included food, social services and sanitation. Shacks were […]

EKURHULENI COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND The Ekurhuleni Community Enterprise Development Fund (ECED) intends to provide financial and non-financial support for the development of community enterprises within the City of Ekurhuleni, and is now open for proposals. The fund is anchored on the Ekurhuleni Ten Point Economic Plan, a programme to position Gauteng Eastern