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City eases driver’s licence renewals for pensioners

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 11/04/2025 0

The City of Ekurhuleni has dedicated every Wednesday as a special day for pensioners to renew their driver’s licences without the need for an online booking. Pensioners can visit any of the City’s Driver’s Licence Testing Centres (DLTCs) on this day to renew their licences with ease and

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PAY HUNDRED THOUSAND OR JAIL TIME FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING 

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 02/04/2025 0

Illegal dumping is now a punishable criminal offence in the City of Ekurhuleni, with a hefty fine or jail time. This comes after the Chief Magistrate at the Johannesburg Magistrate Court determined and approved the implementation of the admission of guilt fines (in terms of Section 57(5) of Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977, […]

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CITY INTRODUCES NEW COMMUNITY MARSHALS

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 04/03/2025 0

The City of Ekurhuleni welcomed 100 Community Safety Marshals in Germiston today. The marshals are contracted to the city from 1st March 2025 to 30th June 2025 and work with communities to curb gender-based violence, substance abuse, and enhance school safety among other key roles. They will also be expected to help with data collection […]

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CRIME FORCES TEMPORAL CLOSURE OF WELTEVREDEN LANDFILL SITE

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 28/02/2025 0

The City of Ekurhuleni wishes to notify patrons of the temporal closure of the Weltevreden landfill site near Brakpan. The facility has been shut down due to criminality that is linked to illegal mining. Recently a shootout ensued amongst the illegal miners on one of the facility’s working phase forcing the EMPD to deploy officers […]

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OFF-DUTY OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED IN KWATHEMA

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 07/02/2025 0

An off-duty EMPD officer was gunned down in KwaThema this morning. While details are still sketchy as to what happened at this moment, it would seem that the officer was attacked by two assailants in front of a spaza shop just after 8am. The men shot the officer and stole his private firearm. This shooting […]

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EKURHULENI TO CLAMP DOWN ON ILLEGAL FOOD TRADING

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 08/11/2024 0

The MMC of Development Planning and Real Estate Alderman Nomadlozi Nkosi has called on all Spaza Shops, Tuck Shops and anyone dealing with food to comply with the City’s bylaws and regulations guiding their industry in order to save lives and put an end to the latest incidents which led to the loss of lives […]

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MAYOR XHAKAZA ALONG WITH MINISTER OF POLICE POUNCE ON GERMISTON CBD

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 10/10/2024 0

“The cooperation agreement signed on Tuesday in Tsakane along with national police and province is not just ink on paper, today we are demonstrating what we have committed to do for our communities which is to come down hard on any acts of criminality,” those are words of action by the Executive Mayor, Alderman Nkosindiphile […]

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RECOVERED HI-JACKED VEHICLES AND SUSPECTS APPREHENDED

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 20/09/2024 0

KATLEHONG – On Wednesday 18 September 2024 between 14:00 and 23:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Community Liaison Unit (CLU) arrested two (2) hijacking suspects in Katlehong. Following an investigation into hijackings in the area, officers received a tip off on the whereabouts of one suspect who is involved in this crime. Officers proceeded […]

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EMPD OFFICER LAYS ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST GAUTENG TRAFFIC OFFICER

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 07/08/2024 0

Following the video that has gone viral on Social Media platforms regarding the Gauteng Traffic Police attacking and insulting EMPD offices, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Safety (MMC) in Ekurhuleni Ald Sizakele Masuku has come out to condemn the intimidation of the EMPD officers by a Gauteng Traffic officer. The incident unfolded in […]

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FOUR KIA RIO HATCHBACK OCCUPANTS PERISH ON THE R59 FREEWAY – IN THE KLIPRIVIER AREA

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 05/08/2024 0

On Sunday 04 August 2024 at 06:44, on the R59 freeway direction north between R550 on ramp and Kliprivier off-ramp, four (4) male occupants, travelling in a grey/charcoal KIA RIO hatchback, died after their vehicle lost control, rolled while ejecting them and landed, on an embankment.