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Media Statements
View official statements and releases from the Municipality, providing updates on municipal initiatives, projects, and responses to current events
Media Statements
View official statements and releases from the Municipality.
Statements
 Media Statements
- Emfuleni Local Municipality Approves Budget For 2023/2024 Financial Year
- EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WELCOMES A QUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION FROM THE AUDITOR GENERAL, 08 FEB 2024
- CHOLERA OUTBREAK REPORTS DISMISSED AS FAKE, 27 FEB 2024
- REVENUE DEPARTMENT DISCONNECTIONS DUE TO NON-PAYMENT OF SERVICES, 26 MARCH 2024
- GIVING CLARITY ON EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY LEGAL FEES, 28 March 2024
- JOINT STATEMENT: UPDATE ON EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WATER CONTAMINATION IN PALM SPRINGS, 16 April 2024
- JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT: WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK IN THE EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, 19 April 2024
- URGENT APPLICATION FILED TO SAFEGUARD MUNICIPAL ASSETS, 25 June 2024
- COUNCIL APPROVES THE UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE OF 10 BILLION RANDS, 07 August 2024Â
- EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY REFUTES ESKOM CLAIMS OF LOSING THE DEBT RELIEF PROGRAM BENEFICIARY STATUS, AND NEWS 24 REPORTS THAT THE MUNICIPALITY FAKED BUDGETS, 16 September 2024Â
- EMFULENI IS STILL PART OF THE NATIONAL TREASURY DEBT RELIEF PROGRAM, 25 September 2025
- DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN EMFULENI AND ESKOM REACHED AT LONG LAST, 02 October 2024
- FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE AN UNDERGROUND FIRE, TROUBLING RESIDENTS IN WARD 38, 10 October 2024
- EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY AND RAND WATER ESTABLISH WATER UTILITY TO ENHANCE DELIVERY OF WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES IN EMFULENI, 31 October 2024Â
- HIGH COURT ORDERS ESKOM TO LIFT ATTACHMENTS ON ALL BANK ACCOUNTS AND PAY COURT APPLICATION COSTS, 12 November 2024Â
- COUNCIL APPROVES DEBT WRITE-OFF PROGRAMME TO ENSURE CONSUMERS KEEP UP WITH ACCOUNT PAYMENTS, 13 November 2024Â
- EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING DIGNITY TO INFORMAL SETTLEMENT SANITATION, 27 November 2024
- MUNICIPALITY WELCOMES FINANCIAL RELIEF AS NATIONAL TREASURY WRITES-OFF ONE-THIRD OF THE ESKOM DEBT, 18 December 2024
Media Statements
- MUNICIPALITY WINS RECONNECTION DISPUTE AGAINST THE COMMUNITIES OF BOIPATONG AND TSHIRELA, 10 February 2025
- MUNICIPALITY CLAMPS DOWN ON ILLEGAL PERMITS FOR SPAZA SHOPS AND FOOD HANDLING BUSINESS OPERATIONS, 04 March 2025
- AGRICULTURE, LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND TOURISM MMC APPLAUDS SPAZA SHOP AND FOOD HANDLING BUSINESS REGISTRATION, 05 March 2025
- EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SPENDING ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS IMPROVING, 10 March 2025Â
- DEBUNKING 55 MILLION RANDS LEGAL FEES REPORTED BY MEDIA AS OUTRIGHT DISTORTION, 11 March 2025
- EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SPENDING ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS IMPROVING, 12 March 2025Â
- ESKOM AND EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY CELEBRATE MILESTONE IN ELECTRICITY ACCOUNT PAYMENTS, 01 April 2025
- BARGAINING COUNCIL RULES IN FAVOUR OF THE EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, 03 April 2025
- EMFULENI REBUKES MISINFORMATION AND MALICIOUS REPORTING BY THE MEDIA, 16 April 2025
- VANDERBIJLPARK FIRE DEPARTMENT CLOSURE AN EXPLICIT DISINFORMATION, 23 April 2025Â
- FOUR SUSPENDED FOR TAKING BRIBES AND CORRUPTING BURIAL PROCESSES, 24 April 2025
- VANDERBIJLPARK FIRE DEPARTMENT CLOSURE AN EXPLICIT DISINFORMATION (AMENDED), 24 April 2025
- FIVE SUSPENDED FOR TAKING BRIBES AND CORRUPTING MUNICIPAL PROCESSES, 24 April 2025
- EXECUTIVE MAYOR CONDUCTS SITE VISIT TO BURNT ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION, 29 May 2025Â
- PLANNED 16 DAYS WATER SHUTDOWN UPDATE, 29 MAY 2025
- MUNICIPALITY CELEBRATES TWO LABOUR COURT VICTORIES, 30 May 2025
- DUE PROCESS FOR GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS CONTINUES, 09 June 2025
- DUE PROCESS FOR GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS CONTINUES, 11 June 2025
- EMFULENI BAGS THE THIRD RUNNER UP FROM THE SALGA AND CIGFARO MUNICIPAL AWARDS, 12 June 2025
- DEBT REHABILITATION AND INCENTIVE SCHEME EXTENDED FOR ACCOUNT HOLDERS, 03 July 2025
- COUNCIL APPROVES A REPORT ON THE FORMATION OF THE SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE BETWEEN RANDWATER SERVICES AND EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, 08 July 2025