The City of Ekurhuleni is taking bold steps to clear the Weltevreden landfill site of illegal miners who have caused service stoppage at the landfill site for over three months. A full-on operation, conducted today, 16 January, was led by Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), and it has led to an arrest of one undocumented […]

The City of Ekurhuleni calls on the owners of the vehicles in the EMPD pound to collect them between today, 8 December 2025, and 27 January 2025. These vehicles were impounded by the members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) for different offences across the city. To claim these vehicles, the owners or authorised […]

The City of Ekurhuleni has formally reinstated the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Media and Public Relations Unit as a dedicated, formally constituted function within the department and has returned Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa to her substantive position as Head of the unit. The decision follows an internal review of the EMPD’s communications

KEMPTON PARK – The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department has received a new fleet of 68 vehicles as the festive season nears. The vehicles comprising of 50 VW Polos, 10 GTIs and eight (8) VW motorbikes will enhance crime and traffic policing productivity in and around the City of Ekurhuleni. The fleet will enable metro police […]

The City of Ekurhuleni confirms that Deputy Chief of Police, Mr. Julius Mkhwanazi, has been placed on suspension, effective 11 November 2025. This follows the recommendations of an internal audit investigation into allegations of misconduct. The suspension is an administrative measure intended to safeguard the integrity of the disciplinary process and should not be

The EMPD and Eden Park SAPS on Wednesday, 20 August 2025, arrested a 47-year-old Malawian man for fraud and being an illegal immigrant. The arrest follows a tip-off about an individual producing and selling fraudulent documents at an internet café in Eden Park. On arrival, officers found the owner and searched the premises. They discovered […]

EMPD and SAPS found a drug lab in Benoni on Monday, 18 August 2025. Following up on information received about an illegal drug laboratory, the law enforcement units visited a house on Fourth Avenue in Benoni, where they found the owner of the premises and requested to search the property. The owner agreed and was […]

The City of Ekurhuleni welcomes the arrest of a suspect linked to the murder of our late Divisional Head: Forensic and Investigations, Mr. Mpho Mafole. The city commends the South African Police Service, the EMPD and the Hawks for their swift action and ongoing determination to ensure that justice is served. It is the city’s […]