Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Safety Councillor Pheladi Mmoko visited the kick-start of Easter holidays intensified roadblocks in Primrose, Watville, Actonville and Tsakane on 01 April. The roadblocks yielded seven arrests for possession of narcotics, drunk driving and issued

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested 11 drivers for failing to adhere to the stipulated speed limit in Elsburg, Germiston and Brakpan between 2 and 3 April. Officers monitoring the N17 freeway zoned 120km/h arrested a 30-year-old driver for clocking 167km/h in Elsburg on 2 April. The driver cited that he was rushing to KwaZulu-Natal […]

Between Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 April, members of the City’s metro police impounded a runaway motor-vehicle, issued traffic fines to wrongdoers and arrested intoxicated drivers. This was in Alberton, Katlehong, Thembisa, Brakpan and Tsakane by officers from Thembisa, Winnie Mandela, Edenvale, Kempton Park, Katlehong, Thokoza, Vosloorus, together with the Social Crime

Cable theft is a punishable offense, with a hefty prison sentence. A stellar job by law enforcers led to the successful arrest and conviction of Armando Shirindza, a Mozambican national, caught stealing copper cables around Daveyton in November 2020. On Monday, 29 March 2021, Magistrate E Schutte of the Benoni Magistrates’ Courts sentenced the accused […]

A tip-off of a firearms brandisher leads Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) to his arrest after an officer found unregistered firearms and cash in Primrose on 30 March. Concerned members of the community stopped patrolling EMPD Officers on Pretoria Road and tipped them off about a shack dweller, who sometimes brandish different firearms.  suspected to

Pensioners in the City of Ekurhuleni came out in their numbers to renew their driver’s licenses on Saturday 27 March at Springs, Boksburg and Kempton Park Driver’s License Testing Centres. The City has dedicated the day to focus on the renewal of licenses exclusively for the elderly at these centres. “We have set aside this […]

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested corrupt security personnel and his accomplice for possession of stolen official government documents in Kempton and Thembisa on 25 and 26 March. 50-year-old security personnel employed by the safety company, contracted to the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE), was arrested on duty after a member of the public produced a […]

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department’s (EMPD) night shift anti-drug operation yielded four arrests for possession of narcotics in Rondebult and Thokoza on 25 and 26 March. On the night of 25 March, officers arrested a suspicious 47-year-old man found on Phelandaba Street, Rondebult after officers uncovered 18 quarter, half and full mandrax tablets, 16 ziplocks of […]

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested 25 lawbreakers for drunk driving and public violence in Boksburg and Daveyton between 21 and 22 March. EMPD Spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng said five of the arrests involved drunk driving while the rest was for public violence confirmed this. On Sunday in Boksburg, the EMPD arrested five male motorists, who […]

Tears of joy, sparkling eyes and extended smiles summed up a beautiful day for some members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Equestrian Unit after receiving a surprise visit from an eight-year-old girl who loves horses. The sweet story began on 7 March when officers Martin Pool and Quinten Pretorius were approached by the […]