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Community Empowerment

Licensed to Drive

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Obtaining a valid Driving Licence is an important and necessary requirement if you want to drive a car in South Africa. Although the process of obtaining your licence requires time and money, it is a worthwhile investment that will allow a licence holder to navigate through all local and
Health

Informal Traders Take COVID-19 Pandemic to Head

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The need to keep social distancing, wearing of masks and sanitizing hands is the new way of conducting business in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus. This is according to the public health guidelines which have introduced a widespread shift in rules and behaviour for both consumers and business owners. Small business owners […]
Roads

Streets of Eden Park Get a Facelift

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Roads are arteries through which the economy pulses, by linking producers to markets, workers to jobs, students to schools and the sick to hospitals, therefore vital to the developmental agenda of the City. It was for this reason that the Eden Park roads, which the City is refurbishing and rebuilding, were prioritised as Eden Park […]
Roads

Improved Waste Removal Services at Taxi Ranks

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The relaxation of lockdown restrictions has resulted in more commuters returning to the transport nodes such as taxi ranks, and with that the amount of waste generated has also increased. One of the key Covid-19 regulations is the upkeep of hygiene levels where there is increased human interaction. The City takes keeping taxi ranks free […]
Community Empowerment

City’s Foodbank Bridges the Poverty Gap

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Ever since the confirmation of the first positive case of the novel coronavirus in South Africa, life has never been the same. The country’s economy came to a complete standstill for a period of 21 days, save for businesses in essential services, following President Cyril Ramaphosa declaration of the State of National Disaster and the […]
Human Settlement

Gogo Receives a Home in Eden Park

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Gogo Patience Bongiwe Siswenye became a first time homeowner at 70, courtesy of a tripartite partnership between the City of Ekurhuleni, Collen Mashwana Foundation and Imbokodo Building- a 100% female owned construction company.    Built on a serviced stand provided by the City in Eden Park, the two bedroom house could not have come at […]
Community Safety

Communities Urged to Stop Illegal Connections

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There has been a notable increase in power outages across the City, largely due to illegal connections and meter bypass. Areas experiencing power outages have a high rate of illegal connections through direct connection on to distribution pillars, street and high mast lights that result in about 63% of customers not buying electricity. This has […]
Service Delivery

Logging a Call

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While the call centre offices are closed, services’ related issues may be reported through any of the following channels: My Ekurhuleni App Twitter: @CoE_Call_Centre Email: centre@ekurhuleni.gov.za Calls may also be logged per area: ·        ALBERTON 011 999 2489 ·        BENONI 011 999 1528/6429