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Energy

Electricity Theft Cost the City Millions

 The City is owed more than R8 million in unpaid electricity bills by businesses and some residents of Ekurhuleni. In a bid to recover the money, the City disconnected power from businesses and residents between 21 and 24 June. Those affected are from Edenvale, Germiston, Bedfordview,
DEMS

Multiple Shack Fires in Makausi Informal Settlement

A total of 13 shacks including one which is a double story were burned down at the  Makausi Informal Settlement in Germiston on 20 June. The City’s rescue and firefighting team from Primrose Fire Station, backed by those received from Bedfordview, Edenvale, Germiston, and Leon Ferreira Fire Stations responded to the scene. According to DEMS […]
DEMS

Call an Ambulance for Emergencies

In Gauteng, the demand for ambulance services is too high due to the rising coronavirus infections.   To avoid suffocating the ambulance service, it is important for community members to know that during this period only emergency life threatening services will be attended by ambulances. Most people do not understand when it is necessary to […]
Energy

Winnie Mandela Substations Repaired- Power Back

The City has successfully repaired the substations which had blown up and power has since been reconnected to residents of the Winnie Mandela area in Thembisa.  This area was plunged into darkness following damages to the two substations which blew up a week ago. Preliminary investigations reveal that illegal connections and electricity theft were the […]
Energy

People Fined for Electricity Theft

Approximately R50 000 of reinstatement fines were issued during the anti-electricity theft operations jointly held in Primrose and Elsburg on Monday, 15 June 2021. During this operation, the Department of Energy and law enforcement agencies within the City, 13 properties were found with bypassed electricity meter boxes. The owners were each issued with R3613.79 as
DEMS

Multiple Shacks on Fire

Over 30 residents of Marathon Informal settlements in Primrose are lucky to be alive when their shacks were gutted down by fire on 6 June. A total of 13 shacks that shelters the resident were engulfed by flames burning their belongings. Fortunately, no one was injured during the fire breakout. The City’s rescue and firefighting […]
Roads

A Costly Fight Against Sinkhole

Between June 2016 and June 2020, the City had rehabilitated about 32 sinkholes costing close to R12 million. Sinkholes develop due to concentrated ingress of water into the ground mostly caused by an inappropriate or illegal connection of storm water pipes and drainage pipes, including sewer pipes. It is a big hole on the ground caused […]