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Gallery: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) demolishes Silvertown shacks.

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GALLERY: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality hosted an employee women’s empowerment programme at Thobi Kula.

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PROTEST CONTINUES: Masses of Komani residents addressed by one of the Komani Protest Action committee members Solomzi Nkwentsha at the Chris Hani Hexagon earlier today   Picture: UVIWE JARA

Protestors shutdown Komani awaiting for cabinet response

Komani Protest Action (KPA) committee says it is too late for Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) to begin implementing service delivery ‘only now’ in Komani. In fact, they were calling for Masiyabu Trading, which is currently busy…

POWE CRISES: Residents blocked the entrance at Queens Casino calling for basic service delivery from Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality officials Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

Calls to dissolve Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

Strike action looms as Komani civic organisations with residents plan to disrupt the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality’s confidential council meeting at the Jesus Christ Church today. The fed-up Komani residents want the local municipality…

GALLERY| Protest action ahead of Chris Hani Jazz Festival

MAYHEM: Madeira Park residents who are against the Chris Hani Jazz Festival in protest action hours before the event starts Pictures: ZINTLE BOBELO

JAZZ FESTIVAL DISPUTE: Law enforcement officials addressing a group of residents who are gathered outside the Gali Thembani Youth Care Centre, blocking the entrance in protest against the festival Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

Police intervene as Madeira Park residents rally against Chris Hani Jazz Festival

Madeira Park residents in Komani have vowed not to allow the Chris Hani District Municipality to host its annual Jazz Festival despite the municipality’s assurances that the event will go ahead tomorrow. A group of residents are gathered…

DANGEROUS: A mini substation in Ngoma Street, Mlungisi, where a number of visible cables crossing the street to a nearby informal settlement have been illegally connected. Cars have to drive over the electrical wires, posing a great danger for motorists and children who normally play nearby Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Illegal connections adding to EMLM electricity crisis

Illegal electricity connections in Komani continue to cause tension among community members with a scuffle reportedly ensuing between residents in Aloe T informal settlement and T section in Mlungisi recently. T and Q section residents…

Komani protest causes major traffic jam on N6

Chaotic scenes unfolded on the N6 earlier today when livid community members of Ezibeleni embarked on a protest action causing a major traffic jam which lasted for almost two hours, according to motorists. The disgruntled group of…

ROBBERY SCENE: The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality budget and treasury offices where armed robbers held staff at gunpoint and fled with money believed to be R75 000 this morning

EMLM confirms robbers held staff at gunpoint, fled with cash

The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has opened a case of armed robbery after robbers pounced on the budget and treasury and traffic department offices in Komani this morning. In a statement released a short while ago, EMLM…

INDIGENT REGISTRATION: Residents waiting to be attended to at Thobi Kula Indoor Sports Centre during the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality indigent registration drive this week Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

EMLM calls on residents to register for indigent programme

The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) is affording residents who cannot afford to pay for basic services an opportunity to make use of its indigent registration drive currently underway in various wards. Spokesperson Lonwabo Kowa…

ANGRY: Residents of Unifound and S and T sections in Mlungisi protested this morning in response to ongoing power outages in their areas Picture: LUVUYO MJEKULA

EMLM reacts to Unifound residents’ protest action

Following this morning’s protest by Unifound and nearby residents over electricity outages, the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) says it was ‘unfortunate’ that the residents took to the streets while the matter was receiving…

CALM RESTORED: Contrary to violent scenes witnessed yesterday, Komani streets were calm this morning as children returned to school and businesses and taxis operated smoothly despite a gathering crowd and a heavy police presence outside Tobi Kula indoor sports centre Picture: LUVUYO MJEKULA

Business as usual in Komani after fears of escalated disruptions

Despite overnight fears of intensified protest action and disruptions by protesting residents angered by the burning down of the town hall, it was business as usual in the streets of Komani this morning. Yesterday, angry residents…

EFF bigwigs lead anti-corruption march to CHDM and EMLM offices in Komani

EFF national leaders Floyd Shivambu and Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi led a march to the Chris Hani District Municipality and Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality offices in Komani this afternoon to deliver a memorandum of demands calling for an end to…

POOR STANDARD: DA leader Helen Zille holding what she picked up and described as a foundation used for the steel grand stands at the controversial R15 million sports field in Lesseyton. Zille visited the facility on Thursday Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

R15m EMLM sports field ‘a waste of taxpayers’ money’

Cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Xolile Nqatha has indicated that the controversial R15 million sports field in Lesseyton clearly appeared to be a waste of taxpayers’ money, stating during his visit to the…

Scheduled power outage in Komani today

Today Komani will be without power between 3pm and 4pm. This is according to a statement published by the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality on Facebook. The statement reads: “Please be informed that an emergency switching will take place…