Due to the overwhelming requests from the religious community, the metro has extended the deadline for the submission of applications to be placed on the municipality’s database of churches.
The October 10 due date was extended to November 10, after the metro received an overwhelming response from churches that were interested in registering.
The registrations will serve as part of an accreditation process to determine the eligibility of churches to access land and municipal facilities.
This stems from discussions which took place at the Religious Summit, held in Germiston, in December, last year.
Churches that are interested are encouraged to collect and submit accreditation forms from their nearest Customer Care Centre.
Accreditation will provide the metro with an indication that a particular religious formation meets the basic criteria for bidding for the use of council land or facilities, by demonstrating that they are a credible institution.
One of the benefits of accreditation is being eligible to be prioritised for the use of municipal facilities as a place of worship.
Religious leaders can obtain and also submit application forms for accreditation at their nearest Customer Care Area (CCA) offices.
The forms will be collected from the CCA by the health and social development department and feedback will be given to the applicants after the database has been formed.
