Media Room

17 July 2014 - The Executive Mayor of the Emfuleni Local Municipality Councillor Greta Hlongwane, Members of the Mayoral Committee, Speaker and the Chief Whip will lead the Municipality’s employees as they give 67 minutes of their time in support of Mandela Day this Friday.

This will be done through a series of activities/programmes planned for the Mandela Day by the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM). These activities will be spread across the municipal area in an attempt to touch all corners of our communities.

On the day, the Executive Mayor will donate blankets to Lere La Maqheku in Sebokeng which houses about 100 elderly citizens, launch the distribution of 240Litre wheelie bins which will be distributed to private households and business premises, hand over garden tools to a school in Sharpeville and participate in the cleaning of illegal dumps across Emfuleni.

Members of the media are invited to be part of the activities and give coverage of the Day’s events. You are requested to converge at the Emfuleni Local Municipality’s Main Office in Vanderbijlpark where there will be common transport for the media to the events.

Details are as follows:

Date: 18 July 2014 (Friday)
Time: 08H30 (departure time)
Venue: Emfuleni Local Municipality’s Main Office, Corner Klasie Havenga & Frikkie Meyer Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark

Issued by the Communication Unit
Enquiries: Klaas Mofomme
Spokesperson: Emfuleni Local Municipality
Contact: 016 – 950 6454 / 082 610 5718
E-mail: klaasm@emfuleni.gov.za