Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Finance, Economic Development and ICT, Doctor Xakhaza, has expressed gratitude to ratepayers for constantly paying their municipal bills.
“Amid the Covid-19 challenges, the Ekurhuleni metro thanks both business and residents for paying their bills and encourage those who are struggling to keep up with their payments to come forward and make necessary arrangements to avoid services disconnections,” said Xakhaza.
Residents can make use of the following payment points:
• All major banks
• Internet banking
• At retail shops including Pick `n Pay, Spar, Shoprite, Checkers and Makro
• Through Siyakhokha digital platform, www.siyakhokha.ekurhuleni.gov.za
• As well as any of the 20 customer care centres (CCCs)Payment of municipal bills is encouraged by the metro to avoid service disconnections.
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Over 20 young people are temporarily employed to work at the City’s food bank.
For them, it is more than just a daily job, it’s their contribution to a greater good for the benefit of their fellow citizens during this uncertain time of Covid-19.
Since its establishment by mayor Mzwandile Masina on April 14, the food bank has received food parcels to the value of over R7- million, with 22 292 food parcels distributed, 111 460 residents reached and 105 donors who donated consumable and non-consumable goods.
On a daily basis, work at the food bank involves receiving and sorting food items donated by various donors into different categories such as starch, vegetables, perishable and non-perishable items, and packaging them before loading them into delivery trucks ready for door-to-door deliveries.
Masina says the food bank aims to distribute food parcels to every household in all 119 informasettlements in the metro during the lockdown period.
