Residents are urged to monitor and report faulty water meters. Faulty water meters may lead to inaccurate billing and water wastage. The City continuously replaces old meters that have past their 20 to 25 year life span. However, there are those who fraudulently pass themselves off to residents

Providing top notch, reliable, safe and easily accessible public transport and facilities for the people is the City’s top priority.  That is why the Executive Mayor Cllr Mzwandile Masina, together with Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Transport and Planning Cllr Phelisa Nkunjana, criss-crossed the City inspecting progress at taxi ranks that are still […]

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the City is offering eligible drivers more time to renew their expired driver’s licenses. Extension is granted those who possess learner’s licenses, driving license cards, temporary driving licenses and professional driving permits that expired during lockdown. Licenses that expired between 26 March and 31 August are deemed valid until 31

The City would like recognise the bravery of the two female fire fighters who entered a hydraulic platform cage to recover the charred body of a man found hanging from a high voltage electrical pylon at Withok West Agricultural Holding in Brakpan on 19 August. This was their first dangerous call and taking the lead […]

Drug addiction is one of the social ills that destroys our communities. The most common drugs on the streets are khat, heroin, crystal meth, mandrax, nyope, and cocaine. Unfortunately, many drug addicts are also prone to engage in criminal activities such as theft to pay for their next fix. The City’s established its own Drug […]

A man was electrocuted to death when he allegedly tried to cut 88 000 volts of electrical cables at the Withok Agricultural holdings in Brakpan. The City’s Disaster and Emergency rescue team were alerted to the incident on 19 August at around 16h00. A hacksaw and screwdriver were found on the ground underneath where the […]

Two children, aged two and four, died when their shack caught fire in Ramaphosa informal settlement on Saturday morning (21 August). Fire fighters from Boksburg central fire station responded to the call received at 05h27. On arrival, members of the community were frantically trying to extinguish the blaze with buckets of water. Fire fighters stepped […]

What was initially perceived as a veld fire turned into a tyre factory that was in flames in Springs on Sunday afternoon, 23 August. Emergency Services were contacted at 15h31 and local firefighters dispatched. Already while on the way, the crew identified heavy thick carbon smoke coming from the direction of the address given. On […]