Due to heavy rains currently experienced country-wide, the City’s Department of Roads and Stormwater has identified Germiston, Thembisa, Kempton Park and Thokoza as flooding hot spots. Head of Department for Roads and Stormwater Sizwe Cele said the rains have caused severe flooding across the

The City has invested large amounts of money in the electrical infrastructure including kilometres of cables to connect customers to the grid. However, the prevalent cable theft remains a hindrance to stable power supply. As such, in the quest to stop this criminality, the City is implementing an early warning solution that will afford them […]

In an effort to raise awareness on wetlands, the City joined the rest of the world to remind residents about the importance of wetlands celebrated annually on 2 February. This year’s Wetlands Day celebration is marked under the theme “Wetlands and Water”; recognising the significant role wetlands play in ensuring sufficient and efficient water is […]

The cause of the fire that destroyed hardware in Pomona on Wednesday, 27 January, is still under investigation.   Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) responded to the call received at around 18h00. DEMS Acting Spokesperson Eric Maloka said that there were explosions from the hardware as the fire was raging. “We had to […]

Recent constant rain have brought about overgrown and fallen trees which pose a danger to the lives of the City and its people and is being addressed by the City’s parks department. Emmanuel Maphorogo, Divisional Head for Parks and Cemeteries pleads with residents to avoid cutting down trees planted on pavements by the municipality, as […]

The month of August 2021 is the final deadline for renewal of learner as well as driver licences that expired during lockdown. The coronavirus pandemic is one of the factors that resulted in an interruption of government services across the country. This interruption of services has led to extension of the deadline for renewal of […]

Due to the festive season break and the amount of rainfall received over the months of December 2020 and January 2021, there is a backlog with regards to horticultural and arboriculture maintenance across the City of Ekurhuleni. This is a norm every year, to have these kinds of backlogs between the months of January and […]

The City of Ekurhuleni has temporarily halted the process to hand over serviced stands at Daveyton Extension 14, and repair of damaged water and sanitation installations, after repeated community disruptions and vandalism. The disruptions have resulted in financially unviable costs to the City such as contractor standing time payments and recurrent repairs due to

Refuse removal was not possible today (19 January) for Springs and Kwa-Thema areas due to a shooting incident at the Springs solid waste depot. One city employee was shot dead by unknown people at the entrance gate while on duty. Divisional Head for Waste Management Services Mandisa Phosa said workers were deeply affected by the […]