Job seekers and entrepreneurs who wish to do business with the City of Ekurhuleni are warned not to pay any person money for jobs or tenders.
The city warns residents to be vigilant of scammers selling non-existent municipal jobs and tender documents to unsuspecting job seekers and business people.
“The city has been inundated by business people who have been lured into a tender scam to provide waste bins,” said Nhlanhla Cebekhulu, divisional head: communication and media at the City of Ekurhuleni.
The municipality urges the public to be smart and not be desperate for employment or business to hand money to any of its employees or people.
The city’s recruitment and procurement processes are steeped in transparency and ethical principles. Therefore, the city’s processes are open, predictable and afford each prospective bidder timely access to the same and accurate information.
“In terms of recruitment, the city advertises vacancies, shortlist candidates, interviews and appoint. There are no other shortcut processes the scammers usually promise,” said Cebekhulu.
The city has migrated its recruitment process from a manual format to an online platform last year. As a result of this migration, the city is no longer accepting manual submissions of job applications at customer care centres and human resources offices.
All applications are done online and vacancies in the city are advertised on the website (https://www.ekurhuleni.gov.za/vacancies).
Request for quotations notices to tender are also available on the city’s website (www.ekurhuleni.gov.za).
