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Paramedics attend to a burnt suspect who was caught fleeing the scene after an attempted cable theft at Wychwood substation. This has led to a power supply interruption affecting customers in the area.
🚨WARNING
THERE ARE NO DOOR TO DOOR TESTING, HOME TESTING OR HOME DISINFECTION FOR COVID-19
Be aware of criminals posing as health professionals using this hoax to access your house or property to rob you.
To the taxi driver, the refuse collector, the supermarket cashier, the hospital cleaner, the petrol attendant and all those essential services workers, you are our unsung heroes, and we salute you.
#WeSaluteYouSA
#Day36ofLockdown
#EMPD
successfully removed illegal occupants on public space in Thembisa. For months Thembisa residents were unable to use the Kopanong sports ground as a result.
Say goodbye to water supply interruptions caused by load-shedding or power outages 💡
Watch MMC for Energy, Water and Sanitation: Thembi Msane as she launched the automatic backup generators in
#Boksburg
,
#Tsakane
and
#Germiston
.
#CoeWorks
Exciting news‼️
#CoE
invests R40 million in 12 new waste ♻️ trucks to improve our services. We're thrilled to announce that four trucks have already hit the streets in
#Boksburg
,
#Benoni
,
#Germiston
, and
#KemptonPark
, while eight more will be joining our fleet in July.
#Ekurhuleni
fire and rescue team used the Jaws of life to extricate the body of a driver out of a Mercedes Benz who lost control and collided with a street pole on the R21 South just after Pomona Off Ramp earlier today.
Following a tip off, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested 13 suspects for dealing with counterfeit goods at a warehouse in Springs last night. The preliminary investigations reveal that suspects repackage expired food like sweets, cakes, fish and chicken.
#EMPD
and
@SAPoliceService
arrived at Lungisani Primary School in Katlehong and confirm that the school is not burning down nor are there children reported to have been abducted.
Residents are advised to stay clear of areas where looting is taking place for their own safety.
On 9 August 1956, about 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government's control over the movement of black women in urban areas. Happy
#WomensDay2020
Mbokodo, igama lamakhosikazi Malibongwe!✊🏽🇿🇦
In a joint operation with SAPS,
#EMPD
confiscated more than R2 million worth of illicit goods in a Palmridge shop and arrested three suspects on Wednesday, 28 September 2022.
This followed after receiving information that suspected counterfeit goods were being sold.
Well done to the
#EMPD
freeway patrol 👮♂️👮♂️officers and
@SAPS
Crime intelligence team who earlier today, managed to seize a truck full of illicit cigarettes estimated to be worth more than R13 million.
The City is proud of its new
#EMPD
recruits who are passing-out today at
#BoksburgStadium
and will become new officers in the metro police force. We salute you!👮🏼♀️👮🏽♂️
CABLE THEFT SUSPECTS CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Three suspects were arrested and charged with tampering with essential infrastructure in Brakpan on Tuesday, 24 January.
This was after
#EMPD
was alerted by a private security company of three suspects seen digging a trench in the veld.
📽[WATCH]
#SiyacimaManjeNamhlanje
continues in Boksburg where a water meter has been removed from a company owing the City R5m.
To get the meter back outanding monies must be paid, says MMC Dunga who leads the operation.
🎥WATCH: MMC for Water, Sanitation and Energy, Cllr Thembi Msane is in Thamane,
#Katlehong
to launch operation
#SiyakhucululaManjeNamhlanje
. The campaign is aimed at eradicating sewerage spillages and alleviate health hazards across
#Ekurhuleni
-
Ald Tania Campbell has been re-elected and sworn in as executive mayor for City of
#Ekurhuleni
This was at the special council meeting today where 224 votes were cast, with one spoilt vote.
Mayor Campbell received 124 votes and Ald Jongizizwe Dlabathi garnered 99 of the votes.
🎥”We have decided to establish a new University of Science and Innovation in Ekurhuleni.
This will enable young people in that metro to be trained in high-impact and cutting-edge technological innovation for current and future industries”
#SONA2020
🇿🇦☺️We are within!
Thembisa Ext .25 is one of the mega housing projects taking shape in line with the municipality’s commitment to deliver 100 000 housing units. The Thembisa Ext. 25 site covers an area of approximately 58.391 ha which will accommodate full subsidy and social housing.
#ReAgaMetse
#EMPD
SWAT team recover a white Mercedes Bens GLA hijacked on the N3 freeway in Alberton by bogus policemen using blue lights and sirens. The 45yr old suspect is pictured next to the vehicle recovered in a locked garage at Sunnyrock in Germiston.
Executive Mayor Cllr Sivuyile Ngodwana and members of the Mayoral Committee dropped in on the service delivery
@CoE_CallCentre
today to get first hand the workings of the call centre in addressing service delivery complaints and requests.
#CoECallCentre
🥳🥳We have 20 tickets 🎫 to Shimza's one man show to give away to 5 lucky fans (4 tickets each)!
To win,tell us where E'Kas lethu in Ekurhuleni is Shimza from?
Retweet this post and tag us in your response.
Winners will be announced on Sunday!
T’s and C’s apply.
#CoESOGOOD
👏
An Eskom substation supplying power to the City's 66kV and 132kV networks is on fire, resulting in no power to Aston Manor, Cargo and Spartan substations in Kempton Park.
Ekurhuleni Business Consultative Forum meeting starts with a meet & greet by Executive Mayor Cllr Sivuyile Ngodwana & MMC for Finance Cllr Nkululeko Dunga greeting the 100 companies' representatives in
#CoE
. Topic of the morning is the draft 2023/24 budget and IDP.
#CoEBusiness
Today, MMC for Finance Cllr Nkululeko Dunga is in📍
#Germiston
to address service providers and discuss supply chain and payment processes at the
#ServiceProviderImbizo
.
CARNIVAL CITY FIRE was quickly extinguished by the City's Brakpan & Benoni central fire stations, backed by Tsakane fire station, who responded to the call just before 19h00 tonight. No casualties recorded.
#CoEWorks
“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities." Condolences to the family and friends of Bob Mabena The Jammer, the champion of the South African airwaves. 📻 is gone!
#RIPBobMabena
🕯🕊
📽[WATCH] City Manager Dr Imogen Mashazi talks to the unqualified opinion on the Audit Report the
City received from the Auditor General for the 2022/23 financial year. Dr Mashazi said the City is committed to addressing the issues.
#CoeWorks
#EkurhuleniAuditOpinion
There were 222 votes, 221 votes were declared valid, 1 vote was spoilt.
Adlerman Mzwandile Masina from the ANC received 105 votes.
Adlerwoman Tania Campbell from the DA received 116 votes.
#CoECouncil2021
#KnowYourCouncil
Executive Mayor Cllr Sivuyile Ngodwana and members of the mayoral committee, are at📍
#Germiston
City Hall ready to present and engage residents on the draft reviewed (IDP) for the period 2023/24 and the draft Multiyear Budget 2023/24- 2024/25 and 2025/26.
#CoE_IDP2023
🎥[WATCH] MMC for Water, Sanitation, and Energy Thembi Msane delivering great news about the newly commissioned reservoir. The Project will add 30 Mega Litres of water to benefit the communities and businesses in
#Rondebult
,
#Mapleton
,
#RoodekopIndustries
and
#Klippoortjie
.
🎥WATCH: MMC for Water, Sanitation and Energy, Cllr Thembi Msane encourages Thamane residents to refrain from throwing rubble down sewer lines during the launch of operation
#SiyakhucululaManjeNamhlanje
, in
#Katlehong
Operation
#SiyacimaManjeNamhlanje
hits
#Boksburg
today. MMC for Finance, EPMO and ICT Cllr Nkululeko Dunga is leading a team of officials who will be switching off services to companies that owe the City.
Some companies in the area owe the City over R15m.
We are still at it, celebrating
#WomensMonth
and our
#WCW
is Mme Jeanette Tsotetsi from Katlehong who was the first black female 🚍bus driver to be hired by the City back in 2003. Her day begins at 4:30am to ensure that passengers are always on time.
We salute you Mme.💐
Technicians on site have identified the extent of the damages at Wychwood substation following the attempted cable theft. The affected areas include Wychwood and parts of Primrose. Estimated restoration time is 02h00 on 27 December.
📽 WATCH: MMC for Water, Sanitation and Energy, Cllr Thembi Msane deliver her keynote address on the transformative impact the new 30ML Cossins Reservoir in 📍Dawn Park,
#Boksburg
will have on the community.
‘We want to assure residents that the era of lethargic service delivery has come to an end. We commit to ensuring that what is expected of this collective happens and that residents get their money!s worth,’ says Mayor Ngodwana
#CoE_SOCA2023
Good Morning Ekurhuleni!
Temperatures are low🥶low today and there is snow in parts of
#CoE
🌨️. Share your snow photos❄️📸.
And if you're on the road drive carefully as the roads are slippery and icy - put the headlights on and keep a safe following distance.
#CoECares
Mahlatse Queen Mphahlele from Alafang Secondary School will be fully funded through the One Business One Student Award. She will commence with her medicine studies this year.
#ExcellenceAwards
#Matrics2019
📽: 🌿💧 Today, MMC Leshaka Manamela kicked off the city's program at Bredell Dam, Kempton Park! 🚀 Focused on cleaning invasive water alien species like bug weed, blue gum, and water hyacinth. Let's preserve our water ecosystems!
#EnvironmentalAction
#KemptonPark
The City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) welcomes 50 reserve force members as permanent firefighters.
The appointments are in line with the City’s vision to create employment opportunities for youth and women.
We wish the new recruits well.
🚔🚨👮🏾EMPD is cleaning up the streets of Germiston. Car dealers are warned that the metro police will not stop towing away vehicles illegally parked on the public roads.
Our Mayoral Service Delivery Friday program has been re-engineered to focus on these objectives - about our common goal to maintain a clean city for ourselves and generations to come.
#CoE_Budget2023
Media Liaison Officer for Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department, Constable Thabiso Makgato has been with the department for 11 years. She shares her experience in working in a male dominated space and what
#WomensMonth
means to her. .
Ish... Ku grey, ku slippery, ku tricky driving in this rain. Be safe out there, remember to switch your headlights on and keep a safe following distance.
#ArriveAlive
#CoEcares
I reported a blocked sewage to Ekurhuleni municipality via email last night and these people arrived this morning at 9AM 😨 I'm in disbelief at the level of efficiency.
🔊
#Benoni
we are in your area today and the
#SiyacimaManjeNamhlanje
campaign led by MMC for Finance, Cllr.
@DungaLeko
has just cut off services to a company owing the City R6.6m at the Apex Industrial area.
Today we celebrate the South African students who are graduating from Breda University of Applied Sciences.The partnership between the City of Ekurhuleni & Breda University enabled the students to study at the institution in the Netherlands for 4 years. Congratulations 🎊 👩🏽🎓✊🏽
Executive Mayor
@mzwandileMasina
is hosting the Thembisa Ext.25
#SodTurning
ceremony.This is not only a sod turning event, it is an event that marks the turning point for the Winnie Mandela community to finally have a dignified place to call home.
#ReAgaMetse
#BuildingHouses
A man was electrocuted when he allegedly attempted to cut the 3 000 volts electrical overhead power cables at Germiston Lake train station this morning.
In an oversight visit to Etwatwa MMC for Water and Sanitation Cllr Leshaka Manamela, joined by ward Cllr Siyabonga Moloi and officials, checked on work done by the City to address concerns by residents reported to the Customer Care Centre.
#CoEWorks
#PeoplesGovernmwntAtWork
“The Main beneficiaries of the Thembisa Ext.25 project will be : Winnie Mandela Informal Settlement residents ,Winnie Mandela community with Court interdicts, Winnie Mandela Residents with 2in1 stands- 2 households sharing one stand”-
@mzwandileMasina
#ReAgaMetse
♻️🎄 📽[WATCH]:MMC Leshaka Manamela confirm ongoing solid waste collection this festive season, pausing only on Christmas Day. Leading the charge against illegal dumping in
#Thembisa
today, ensuring a cleaner community for all! 🚛
#WasteCollection
#FestiveSeason
#ThembisaCleanup
‘Let me remind this august house what our agenda is: Service delivery; Service delivery; and Service delivery,’ – Mayor Ngodwana delivering his
#CoE_SOCA2023
Congratulations to
#ProudlyCoE
@TshepoJeans
who hails from Tsakane for making his mark as the👌 local entrepreneur to design a pair of jeans for Meghan Duchess of Sussex and her son👏
#supportlocal
by visiting his studio Victoria Yard for a ready-to-wear or custom made jeans👖.
[MEDIA RELEASE]
The City of Ekurhuleni assures residents that the tap water supplied by the City is of excellent quality and safe for human consumption.
#CoE
#CholeraOutbreak
THE RESULTS ARE IN...
The elections have been declared free and fair. The new Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni is Adlerwoman Tania Campbell.
Tania Campbell is DA MMC for Community Safety.
#CoECouncil2021
#KnowYourCouncil