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

The City of Ekurhuleni expresses it’s sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family that lost a toddler in an accident involving waste truck yesterday in Villa Liza. The accident also left an adult with minor injuries. During the unfortunate incident, a waste truck belonging to a service provider contracted to the city’s department of Waste […]

The City of Ekurhuleni has commenced disciplinary measures against 389 Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officers following their participation in an illegal strike and blockade of critical highways on 19 March 2025. The affected EMPD officers face pre-dismissal processes due to severe misconduct, including the illegal blockade of the R21, N12, N17, and N3

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 convenience. This initiative is aimed at addressing […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]