Illegally connected copper cables and forged pylons were removed in Boksburg during an operation conducted by EMPD, SAPS as well as the City’s Energy Department and a private security company on Tuesday and Wednesday (22 – 23 September). Areas targeted were Delmore, Jerusalem and Angelo. Wit

The City’s Roads and Stormwater Department repaired a stormwater manhole at Beukes and Stefanus roads in Glen Marais, Kempton Park. Complaints from residents that water was flowing from the manhole led to the department assessing the cause and found that it had burst from underneath the surface and needed an urgent repair to stop the […]

Scores of residents in and around Thembisa flocked to Olifantsfontein Train Station to be screened and tested for Covid19 and other illnesses at the Transnet Phelophepa Healthcare train.   The 19-coaches Transnet Phelophepa train is a fully-fledged primary health care facility, fitted with state-of-the-art equipment such as the eye clinic, including spectacle lens

The City of Ekurhuleni has amended its load shedding schedule to respond to customers’ needs and provide for up to Stage 8. The amended schedules, which has already been uploaded on the City’s website, is applicable immediately. When Eskom declares Stage 1 or 2 load shedding, the latest schedule that is now available on the […]

Residents recently relocated to Putfontein from Glen Marikana will soon have electricity. They were settled in a blocked formation to allow for installation of basic and other municipal services such as emergency services. The electrification designs for the area have now been concluded, and three contractors appointed to install electricity.  The contractors

The delivery of 34 chemical toilets saw dignity restored to residents in three informal settlements in the City. The toilets were handed over on Wednesday, 16 September, to parts of Winnie Mandela, Madibatlou and Mampaku informal settlements. Handing over the toilets was Cllr Mbulehani Makhado, who said the City was committed towards changing the lives […]

The City of Ekurhuleni is investigating what led to the seven homes in Phomolong to be soaked in water. Kempton Park Customer Care Centre (CCC) manager, Isaac Bangilizwe said that the City’s specialist will investigate the source of the water that is sipping into these properties.   “We have about seven houses that are water […]

Residents of Vumbuka, an informal settlement in Volsoorus, will have a very bright Christmas as the City prepares to switch on the electricity plug for the first time in the area.  Vumbuka Informal Settlement in Ward 44 is on the footprint of the Sotho hostel buildings. It accommodates 795 households.  The area was known as […]

The number of mushrooming private firefighting companies has confused some residents who tend to mistake them for the City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS). While some residents opt to use the services of private fire fighters when fires breaks in their properties, there are those who mistakenly call the private ones instead […]

The City of Ekurhuleni through its department of Roads & Stormwater has embarked on reconstructing blocked stormwater drainages in preparation for rainy season. Corner Storms and Krokodil streets in Norkem Park got a timeous response from the roads department after the residents logged a call through the city’s call centre. According to Roads & Stormwater […]