Hot weather has snakes becoming more active and to help out when needed, the City has increased the snake handling staff compliment to enhance community safety and conservation of the hissing creatures. Mapaseka Maleka and Mbali Masango are both from Daveyton and share a passion for environment

Between 1 December 2019 and January 2020, 24 road fatalities were recorded in the City by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department. The breakdown is: Pedestrians – 09 Passengers – 06 Drivers – 09 Fatal accidents/crashes in previous years show 44 in December 2017, 47 people in December 2018 and 24 in 2019. Four (4) of […]

Between December 1 2019 to 05 January 2020, EMPD recorded four (4) fatal crashes/accidents in the Boksburg area, which includes Vosloorus. On Tuesday 24 December 2019 at 18h27 in Vosloorus area, a male pedestrian who was a passenger on an LDV died, after the trailer ran him over, at the corner of Barry Marais and […]

The festive season is approaching and many scammers are sharpening their tricky ways to rob people of their belongings, particularly money. As such, the City continues to caution its residents of scammers who are already out there, ready to trick people into giving them money under the pretext that they are City of Ekurhuleni employees. […]

City officials, in partnership with Eskom and SAPS, removed more than 1 500 illegal connections in Brakpan on Thursday, 10 October. The operation came hot on the heels of another operation undertaken on Tuesday, 8 October, where about 1 200 illegal connections were removed at Somalia and Wolf informal settlements. Several truck-loads of scrap copper, […]

With the weather getting warmer as the spring season sets in, snakes will soon be coming out from hibernation hungry and in search of food. The City wishes to caution pet owners to be on high alert and keep an eye on their pets as they may fall prey to snakes. Residents should not panic […]

On Wednesday, 12 June 2019, an intelligence-driven joint operation between South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested three police officials who were attempting to extort money from the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) in charge of Human Settlement Cllr Lesiba Mpya. The accused had claimed that they were […]

The City of Ekurhuleni warns the public to be aware of multiple types of scams circulating in the name of the City for the past few months. The City has been inundated with complaints from unsuspecting victims who have been defrauded of their hard-earned cash. To date, more than 20 people have been defrauded of […]

Please be aware of a message doing the rounds and encouraging people to visit Benoni Customer Care Centre (CCC) to register for 30000 job opportunities with the CoE. Youth (18 – 35 years of age) are told to visit the CCC between 8am and 3pm on 29, 30 and 31 April, and take their ID/certified […]

The City of Ekurhuleni distances itself from the bogus 260ℓ wheelie bin tender that is supplied by a service provider alleged to be operating in Cape Town. This is a scam. Unsuspecting and vulnerable service providers are asked to deposit their hard-earned monies into a given account number before being told that the bins will […]