Community Empowerment

City Equips Non-Profit Organisations with Skills

Super User 13/05/2021 0

Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) were taken through their paces on the processes of complying with the NPO act and City bylaws. Various departments from the City shared tips on registration, avenues to follow to access funding as well as information on the availability of leased municipal

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City to Auction Excess Livestock Following Successful Breeding

Super User 05/05/2021 0

The City of Ekurhuleni keeps animals in line with its Keeping Livestock policy approved by Council in 2009. The livestock improvement programme was introduced to breed stud quality, healthy animals for educational purposes in well maintained facilities. The majority of suburban residents do not have the means or opportunity to visit a farm or a […]

Community Empowerment

Ekurhuleni to Auction Excess Livestock

Super User 04/05/2021 0

An extensive exercise of checks and balances has shown that many of the City’s nature reserves have excess livestock, which are not economical for the City to maintain. As such, the City will auction over 300 livestock on Tuesday, 11 May 2021, at Bokkie Park in Boksburg. The following livestock will be auctioned: 20 sheep 35 […]

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Masina Warns Against Infrastructure Vandalism

Super User 04/05/2021 0

Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina pleads with residents to refrain from vandalising the City’s infrastructure. Masina was speaking during his visit to Thembisa where he was inspecting the status of key projects in the City. He was gutted to see streets lights, on Rev RTJ Namane Drive in Thembisa, lying on the ground. “It is so […]

Community Empowerment

Be Considerate When Building on Your Property

Super User 30/04/2021 0

Building of backyard or rental rooms on your property without getting approval from the municipality is not allowed. For different reasons many property owners are opting to build backyard or rental rooms without following proper procedures.  Some do this to avoid improving their property value which in return may increase their rates. This has led […]

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Collect Your Unapproved Building Plans

Super User 28/04/2021 0

The City of Ekurhuleni calls on those who submitted building plans that were not approved between 2014 and 2019 to collect them before the end of April 2021. These are plans submitted and not approved where owners did not do any follow ups with the City Planning Department to check if there were corrections that […]

Community Empowerment

IDP Public Meeting Tonight In Brakpan

Super User 26/04/2021 0

Members of the public have until 29 April to comment on the City’s 2021 – 2022 reviewed IDP and 2021/22 – 2022/23 municipal budget. Brakpan is under the spotlight tonight when the public meeting is held at 16h00 at Brakpan Customer Care Centre’s Banquet Hall. Mayoral Committee Member Cllr Phelisa Nkunjana will address the public […]

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The City Celebrates World Book Day

Super User 24/04/2021 0

A virtual World Book Day was hosted on 23 April by the City’s Library and Information Services in partnership with Gauteng Province. World Book Day was started by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 23 April 1995 to celebrate books and authors, as well as encourage young people to read and write. […]

Community Empowerment

Calling Authors and Budding Writers

Super User 22/04/2021 0

Join in on the discussion when the City holds an online/virtual Open Discussion with local authors and budding writers on Friday, 23 April 2021 – registration is a must, though. Organised by the City’s Library and Information Services this session coincides with World Book Day celebrations. Only 60 people can be accommodated in the virtual […]

Community Empowerment

Township Business Hubs to Stimulate Local Economy

Super User 20/04/2021 0

The City of Ekurhuleni has embarked on a programme to develop township hubs in support of the township economic development. The hubs are centres where small businesses are supported to engage in a fruitful economic activity. This development is manifested by providing trading space, incubation facilities, shared industry production facilities, light manufacturing