It is illegal for a civilian to wear any official clothing, uniform, badge or insignia belonging to the community safety cluster. This cluster includes the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS). A hefty fine of R5 000 or

The continuous theft of electric cables is spiralling out of control in the city, thus crippling the stable supply of electricity to its residents. On Tuesday, 23 June, while distributing food parcels, Executive Mayor Cllr Mzwandile Masina together with Member of the Mayoral Committer (MMC) for Community Services Cllr Nomadlozi Nkosi, stumbled upon tonnes of […]

On Monday morning, just after 7am our Disaster and Emergency Management Services were alerted to a truck that had jack-knifed at the intersection of R59 freeway southbound landing on Mitchell Avenue in Alberton. Alberton rescue team responded and on arrival found only one vehicle involved. It seems control of the vehicle was lost between the […]

Anti-Cable Theft Units arrested three male suspects for cable theft while the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit apprehended a female for dealing in narcotics. On 17 June at 07h30am, three male private security personnel contracted to the City between the ages of 41 and 53 were arrested just 30 minutes after they tried to hide their […]

Responding to a tip off from concerned community members, the EMPD Specialised Task Team Unit were able to apprehend a 38-year-old man in possession of 38 bags on marijuana in a house in Tsakane Extension 19. It was on Friday, 29 May, at 14h30 on Siyabonga Street, where the 47-year-old was handcuffed and marched to […]

On 26 October 2019, the lifeless bodies of a young girl (3) (strangled) and her granny  (68) (head injuries) were found by a family member in KwaThema. A television set was missing and the confirmed drug addict grandson, who also lived on the premises, was nowhere to be found. The case of double murder and […]

The City’s licensing services will NOT open on 1 June 2020. Resumption of these services is subject to hygiene, disinfection control, social distancing and sanitising measures – all necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19. Before the offices can open for business, the Gauteng Provincial Government must first inspect and approve compliance of licensing facilities

This week started on a good note for the EMPD precincts, Specialised and By-Laws units when they received 28 new motor vehicles to add to their fleet. Chief of Police Isaac Mapiyeye and his management team were on hand when 13 Isuzu Light Delivery Vehicles (LDVs) and 15 VW Polo sedans were handed over to […]

Just after 09h00 this morning in Dawn Park, the EMPD SWAT and Specialised task team members uncovered suspicious looking cargo when they stopped a Light Delivery Vehicle. with two (2) male occupants and suspicious cargo, was confiscated. The EMPD were in a convoy on their way to a meeting to discuss COVID-19 lockdown regulations, didn’t […]

The N3 freeway north bound was brought to a standstill after nine vehicles were involved in a pile-up crash between Total Petro-port and Berry Marais off ramp outside Vosloorus on Wednesday, 6 May. In the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) and seven casualties hospitalized with injuries ranging from serious to minor.   Emergency services rescue team and […]