Today the 2nd of April 2020 and Day 7 of the National Lockdown government relaxed some of it’s regulations. In an Inter-Ministerial press briefing held earlier today, government through the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced that spaza shops will be allowed to operate during the nationwide lockdown. “All spaza shops […]
Skip to content The City of Johannesburg waste company Pikitup is currently collecting waste in Kaalfontein, Ebony Park and Ivory Park. This comes after waste removal being classified as an essential service. Pikitup will continue with operations and efforts are being made to ramp up frequency of collection during the lockdown period. Please follow and […]
The City of Johannesburg has set up 22 testing and screening facilities spread out in all of its 7 regions. KAE residents can visit the nearest clinic which is Bophelong Clinic in Ivory Park for free COVID-19 testing. KAE falls under Region A. Clinics which have been identified in Region A are Bophelong Clinic, Halfway […]
The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed a case of Covid-19 in Alexandra. Five people who have been in close contact with the patient are currently under quarantine. The confirmed case was tested and instructed to remain under self isolation while awaiting results. The patient disregarded the instruction and traveled to Limpopo before the national […]
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NCID) has recorded a new coronavirus related death in South Africa. The 74 year old male had been in ICU and on ventilation in a private hospital in Ladysmith. He travelled to Kruger National Park with his family and came back with flu like symptoms. He was confirmed to […]
The Gauteng Department of Health has embarked on a massive recruitment drive to ensure that there’s enough capacity in the province to deal with the anticipated rise in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19. Gauteng is the province with the highest number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus. The Province recorded 409 confirmed cases […]
The MMC for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg, Councilor Lloyd Phillips, is on an outreach program in Ivory Park 3 (Kopanong Shopping Centre) to check the township’s state of readiness for covid-19. Officials from the City of Johannesburg are providing hand sanitizers and educating residents about the Coronavirus. “The City’s approach is to […]
Skip to content IQ Smart is an educational software that plays the role of your child’s personal tutor, the program works offline and all the work in the software is in line with the National Curriculum. Don’t let your child miss out on any school work during the National Lockdown. Contact Scott on 067 028 […]
The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, announced today the 25th of March 2020 that taxis will be allowed to transport essential service workers and those allowed to make permitted movements during the National Lockdown from this Friday until the 16th of April 2020. The taxi industry is the lifeblood of the South African economy with […]
The station commander of the Ivory Park SAPS, Brigadier David Mbongeni Ngcobo, has welcomed this past Sunday’s arrest of two suspects in connection with a house robbery which happened last year May at Clayville, Extension 45. During the robbery a plasma television, cellphones and a laptop were taken at gunpoint by the two suspects. The […]
Skip to content Supplementary elections of the Ward 111 Ward Committee will be held tomorrow, 12 March 2020 at Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School from 17:30 to 20:30. The role played by ward committees is to create formal unbiased communication channels and co-operative partnerships between the municipality and the community within a ward and to ensure […]
The inconvenience that is loadshedding is expected to continue until Friday, 13 March 2020. Following the trip at Koeberg Unit 1 and the loss of generating capacity, Eskom advises that Stage 4 loadshedding will continue until Friday. Loadshedding, at various stages, may also continue into the weekend. As we reported yesterday the 10th of March […]
The likelihood that Eskom may implement loadshedding today, which may continue throughout the weekend, has increased significantly due to multiple generation unit trips overnight. Eskom lost 7 generation units at 4 power stations overnight. These are Duvha, Tutuka, Kriel and Grootvlei power-stations. This has caused severe additional strain on the Power Utility’s Reserve Capacity. The […]
Eskom is being dishonest about the state of the electricity in South Africa. A week before the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) marched to the power utility’s head quarters in Megawatt Park, Eskom implemented the last session of scheduled ‘loadshedding’ on Sunday, 22 March 2020. The power utility has been switching off the electricity in some […]