A gallant freedom fighter and advocate for women emancipation is how those who shared fond memories of Margaret Gazo described her during a memorial held in her honour in KwaThema on Saturday, 24 August. Members of the community braved the chilly Saturday morning to meet at the KwaThema Old
The City’s upgraded service payment website – Siyakhokha – has recorded 79 165 customers registering for the service since its launch on 1 July 2019. Customers who were registered on the old e-siyakhokha website are urged to re-register to view, manage and pay their municipal accounts conveniently. To date, the new website has been visited […]
Young people from across the City gathered at the OR Tambo precinct on Saturday, 17 August, to discuss critical issues hindering their success. The Inter-Generational Global Peace Dialogue, hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni in partnership with African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (Accord), sought to solicit tangible solutions from the youth for […]
Five fashion entrepreneurs won a business incubation prize worth more than R100 000 during The Hook Up Dinner Ekurhuleni (THUDEkurhuleni) at Germiston Lake on Thursday, 8 August 2019. The City, through its Youth Directorate, partnered with THUD and other stakeholders like National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to support the business of young people in Ekurhuleni. […]
The community of Olifantsfointen, Clayville and Winnie Mandela will soon have a bigger and more resourced fire station on their -1940s in the same area. Areas that are served by the old fire station have grown substantially over the years, and the new developments included areas such as Winnie Mandela, Tswelopele and Clayville. This has […]
More than 12 tonnes of illegal electrical cables were disconnected and confiscated during Operation O kae Molao at Vusumuzi in Tembisa on 23 July to root out illegal electricity connections. Illegal electricity connections and tampering have caused many power supply interruptions across the City due to overloaded grid at affected areas. This results in damage to
The Office of the Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, has noted a string of fake emails circulating on social media. In the fake emails the Executive Mayor, Cllr Mzwandile Masina is portrayed to be soliciting favours from the City Manager, Dr. Imogen Mashazi and the Group Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kagiso Lerutla. The […]
The City of Ekurhuleni in partnership with Rhythm Cycles will this year host the third instalment of the Ekurhuleni International Film Festival (EIFF) at the Springs theatre. The film industry is part of the development of creative industries – an initiative by the City of Ekurhuleni. As such, the city and its partners will host […]
On Wednesday, 12 June 2019, an intelligence-driven joint operation between South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested three police officials who were attempting to extort money from the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) in charge of Human Settlement Cllr Lesiba Mpya. The accused had claimed that they were […]
Executive Mayor Cllr Mzwandile Masina announced changes to his Mayoral Committee on 13 June 2019. The changes follow the results of the 8 May 2019 National and Provincial Government Elections, in which Mayoral Committee Members, Cllr Petrus Mabunda and Alderman Robert Mashigo were sworn in as members of the Provincial Legislature and National Assembly, respectively. […]











