Human Settlements Deputy Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks says local government needs to include the participation of the people in housing delivery. “As Human Settlements, we are saying, there can be no housing delivery if the people are not involved...
By Nicholas McDiarmid editor, IMIESA In a substantial pipeline upgrade project, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality recently completed the replacement of more than 1.4Â km of asbestos cement (AC) pipeline, which dated from the 1980s, with 560mm...
The service delivery protest in the Gugulethu informal settlement has been declared illegal by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. More than forty people have been arrested for public violence following the breakout of the protest on Monday...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Water Affairs, the Department of Public Works, and Rand Water will work together to repair leaks in a bid to curb water wastage. The leak repair project was launched by the Ekurhuleni...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) has a released a statement assuring residents of Duduza that the water is safe to drink. “There is no truth to the malicious rumour that surfaced last week alleging that the drinking water in Duduza...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) is engaged in a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project based on landfill gas recovery and flaring at four of its landfills. The latest phase – Phase 3 – involved the expansion of the active LFG...
The South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors (SAFCEC) encourages and supports its members to follow strict protocol and procedures when working on municipal property. Recently, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality took a tough...
The Roadcrete Africa Division of Basil Read, the JSE-listed construction and engineering Group, has been awarded two new contracts with a combined value of R369 million. The first contract worth R11 million was awarded by the Ekurhuleni...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has vowed to take tougher actions against contractors whose carelessness is resulting in extensive damage to council infrastructure while at the same time greatly inconveniencing residents and businesses....
