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Tembisa SAPS
Telephone: 011 920 8000
Address: 244 Iqgaqga Section, Tembisa, 1632
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Telephone: 011 571 4102 / 011 571 4077
Address: 106/9 Cnr Brian Mazibuko and Zephania Msbenzi Street, Ethafeni Section, Tembisa, 1632
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Suspect in the R635 million Tembisa hospital corruption arrested
Details Media Statement Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) GAUTENG - The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation continues their efforts to ensure that those involved in the Tembisa hospital saga are brought to book. This is evident in the arrest of a thirty-seven (37) years old suspect at the OR Tambo International Airport on 28 August 2...
Life jail term handed down to Tembisa South rapist
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - On 20 September 2022, a 12-year-old girl alleged that she was raped during the day by a neighbour who regularly sent her to buy cigarettes for him in Welamlambo Section, Tembisa South. The victim alleged that, after she brought the cigarettes to th...
Hawks seek public assistance regarding the murder of a Tembisa South police officer
Details Media Statement Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS) GAUTENG - On 26 August 2021 Sergeant Nonjabulo Sharon Mogale (44) attached to the Tembisa South SAPS was murdered inside a store next to Sangweni taxi rank in Tembisa. On duty Policer officer, Sergeant Mogale and a colleague were performing Crime Prevention duties when they head...
Tembisa Hospital and Hawks official appear in court
Details Joint Media Statement Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS) and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) |GAUTENG - Two accused persons, a Tembisa Hospital Official, Zacharia Chisele (53) and a Hawks official, Sergeant Papi Tsie (41), appeared briefly at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court, where they are each facing a charge of corruption...
Tembisa SAPS seeks missing girl
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - A 16-year-old girl, Nonhlanhla Ncube from Phomolong section, Tembisa, Pallsmore Street, left her home on the 05 September 2025, around 17:00. She was wearing a black tight, grey hoodie red hat and black sandals. Anyone with information regarding he...
Tembisa finally revives the long awaited CPF
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - Following a marathon of meetings, community engagements since May 2023, Sector Managers of the seven sectors of SAPS Tembisa breathed a sigh of relief when the CPF was finally elected. The long awaited revival of the Tembisa CPF was held at Moses M...
SAPS Tembisa is investigating a missing person case and appeals to the public for assistance
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - Xolani Christopher Masolela, aged 42, was last seen by his wife on 15 April 2023 when he left their home in Mqantsa Section, Tembisa. At the time of his disappearance Masolela wore grey sneakers, a black jean trouser and a black and white jersey. A...
Tembisa police is investigating a missing person
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng Sekete Kgomo, aged 30, left his place of residence in Winnie Mandela Zone 3, Tembisa on Monday, 23 January 2022 and never returned back home. Anyone that has information that may assist to locate missing Kgomo is urged to contact SAPS Tembisa on 011 920 8000...
Police recover suspected stolen motor vehicles and car parts at a chop shop in Tembisa
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng PARKTOWN - Gauteng police arrested a 53-year-old man for possession of suspected stolen vehicles as they pounced on a chop shop in Tembisa during Operation O Kae Molao led by Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, on Thursday 29 De...
An intelligence driven operation by police in Tshwane and Ekhuruleni leads to the swift apprehension of six suspects in Tembisa following an alleged house robbery
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng PARKTOWN - It is all boots on the ground as members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) continue to clamp down on criminals this festive season and beyond. On Wednesday, 14 December 2022 a team comprising of members from Tshwane District Robbery Aggra...
Hawks execute a search and seizure at Tembisa Teriary Hospital for irregular contracts worth R850 million
Details Media Statement Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS) GAUTENG - A search and seizure operation was conducted by the Gauteng Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation based on information received of irregular contracts awarded by Supply Chain management at Tembisa Tertiary Hospital to 217 service providers. The search and seizure oper...
Update: SAPS Tembisa members find missing child and facilitate reunion with his family
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG – On Sunday, 24 July 2022 members of SAPS Tembisa found the missing child and have reunited him with his mother. Community members are again reminded that there is no waiting period before a child or an adult can be reported as missing. Ends Click he...
SAPS Tembisa is investigating a missing child case and appealing to the public for assistance
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - Luminathi Faye (09) was last seen by his mother on Friday, 22 July 2022 at in Emoyeni Section in Tembisa. According to the mother, Luminathi usually plays with friends at Madelakufa Squatter camp. When he did not return home, she went looking for h...
Tembisa SAPS seek help finding a missing man
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - SAPS Tembisa South is investigating a missing person case and appeals to the public for assistance. Mthokozizi Victor Khumalo, aged 26, was last seen on Thursday, 07 April 2022 by his mother before she left their place of residence in Enhlanzeni Se...
Tembisa Shooting Incident
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng The police in Tembisa this morning just after 08:30, responded to a shooting incident at Tembisa Hospital. Upon arrival, the police were told by witnesses that a police officer driving a white vehicle with blue lights drove into the hospital and parked near ...
Tembisa Police Station temporarily closed for COVID-19 decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng TEMBISA – The police station is temporarily closed due to Covid-19 related incident. All communities serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been closed for decontamination after one of its members tested positive for Covid...
Tembisa Police Station closed temporarily for COVID-19 decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - All communities serviced by Tembisa Police Station are advised that the station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due to a positive Covid 19 case at the station. The community will be serviced from the Hall situated within the police ...
Tembisa SAPS observes Women's Month and embarks on Operation Basadi
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng TEMBISA - Ekurhuleni District Commissioner, Major General Anna Sithole along with SAPS Members, Gauteng Traffic, Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department, POWA, Employee Health and Wellness, Gender-Based Violence Brigades, Pastors from the Community and Community ...
Tembisa Police Station temporarily closed for COVID-19 decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - Tembisa Police Station will be temporarily closed for decontamination due to COVID -19 related case. The Community Service Centre will be temporarily operating outside the police station in the MEC's Container. Telephone lines at Tembisa SAPS Commu...
Tembisa Police Station temporarily closed for COVID-19 decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng TEMBISA - All communities serviced by Tembisa Police Station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination after one of its members tested positive for Covid-19. The Community Service Centre will be operating from the Me...
Tembisa SAPS temporarily closed for decontamination due to Covid-19 related incident.
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - The communities that are serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due to a member who tested positive for Covid-19. The Community Service Center will be operating from Ga...
Tembisa SAPS temporarily closed for decontamination due to Covid 19 related incident
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - The communities that are serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due to member tested positive for Covid-19. The Community Service Centre will be operating from mess hal...
Tembisa police station temporarily closed for decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng The communities that are serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due to member tested positive for Covid-19. The Community Service Center will be operating from the mess hall i...
Tembisa SAPS reopened following Covid-19 case
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - Tembisa SAPS is fully operational. The Tembisa SAPS Management would like to thank the members and community for their co-operation during the temporary closure. Ends Enquiries: Brigadier Mathapelo Peters 076 065 6502 Twitter: https://twitter.com/S...
Tembisa Police Station temporarily closed for COVID-19 decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG – The communities that are serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due to member tested positive for Covid-19. The Community Service Centre will be operating outside form ...
Tembisa Police Station temporarily closed for COVID-19 decontamination
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng PARKTOWN - All communities serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due COVID-19 related incident. The Community Service Centre will be operating from the Mess Hall situated inside...
Tembisa SAPS temporarily closed for decontamination due to Covid-19 related incident
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng GAUTENG - All communities serviced by Tembisa police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination due to COVID-19 related incident. The Community Service Centre will be operating at the Mess Hall situated inside...
Community of Tembisa appreciates courtesy visits to place of entertainment by Gauteng Provincial Commissioner
Details Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng PARKTOWN - Gauteng Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, on Sunday 15 December 2019, led the safer festive season operations in Tembisa in Ekurhuleni. Inspections for compliance were conducted at a number of entertainment establishments and p...
Two police officers shot and wounded in Tembisa: Police launch manhunt for suspects
Details Media Statement from Gauteng Media Centre Corporate Communication and Liaison South African Police Service Police have launched a manhunt for two suspects who shot and wounded two police officers in the early hours of this morning at the Tembisa informal settlement in Tembisa. One officer was shot in the leg and the other in the abdomen and they a...
Tembisa SAPS seek missing person
Details Media Statement from Gauteng Media Centre Corporate Communication South African Police Service Tembisa police are looking for Phulela Lucy Mathonsi of number 1262 Hospital view. She went missing on 21 February 2018. According to information from her husband, Warrant Officer Mathonsi, she disappeared from the house at about 14:00 on Wednesday. She ...
Tembisa community receive new police station
from Gauteng Media Centre Corporate Communication South African Police Service 03 September 2014 The community of Tembisa was delighted with the newly opened Tembisa South police station which will ensure the strengthening of police resources in the area. The police station was officially opened by the Police Minister Nathi Nhleko along with Gauteng Premi...
Address by the Minister of Police Mr Nhleko at the official opening of Tembisa South Police Station
Details Tembisa South, Gauteng 02 September 2014 The Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura MEC for Community Safety, Mme Sizakele Nkosi General Mbekela on behalf of the National Commissioner Provincial Commissioner, General Mothiba CPF Provincial board Chairperson Mr Mashile Community leaders Councillors, Traditional leaders Ladies and gentleman Today marks a...
Media Invitation: Opening of Tembisa South Police Station
Details Media Invitation from the Ministry of Police South African Police Service 01 September 2014 The Minister of Police, Mr Nathi Nhleko (MP), the National Commissioner of Police, General Riah Phiyega, and the Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Lesetja Mothiba, will be opening the newly built Tembisa South Police station in G...
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THE SPEAKER OF COUNCIL OFFICIATES THE SWEARING IN OF NEW CHAIRPERSONS OF SECTION 79 COMMITTEES
On Monday, 31 August 2026, the Speaker of Council in the City of Ekurhuleni, Councillor John Senona, officiated the swearing in of three new Chairpersons of Section 79 Committees. Councillor Gloria Ndinisa from the ANC is now the Chairperson of the Ethics and Integrity Standing Committee, Councillor Alister Chair from the Patriotic Alliance (PA) is […]
CITY OF EKURHULENI TAKES NERSA APPROVED ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ON LEGAL REVIEW
The Council of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality recently resolved to adopt and implement the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA)’s approved electricity tariffs effectively from 1 July 2026, while undergoing a legal review process. This Council decision follows intense engagement between the city and NERSA regarding the implem...
CITY’S ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE FRONTLINERS TAKE ACTION FOR A CLEANER EKURHULENI
The City’s Environment and Waste frontline teams are out in full force, rolling up their sleeves and taking action across multiple communities- with one mission- To restore cleanliness, protect public health, and keep Ekurhuleni looking its best. Operations are currently underway across the City to ensure a clean and a healthy environment. This initiative...
EKURHULENI CONTINUES TO RENDER WALK-IN LICENCE RENEWALS FOR PENSIONERS
The City continues to provide a dedicated weekly service to assist pensioners in renewing their driver’s licences without the need for online bookings, in a move aimed at improving access to municipal services for older residents. Benoni DLTC Manager, Vincent Ditshego says that the initiative allows pensioners to visit any Driver’s Licence Testing Centre ...
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EKURHULENI WELCOMES AVAILABILITY OF LENACAPAVIR AT SELECTED CLINICS
The City of Ekurhuleni welcomes the introduction of a long-acting HIV prevention injection, Lenacapavir, that is now available at selected public healthcare facilities across the city. Lenacapavir offers an innovative HIV prevention option, providing up to six months of protection with a single injection, making it easier for individuals at risk of HIV in...
RAND WATER PLANNED MAINTENANCE FOR DECEMBER 2025
GERMISTON – The City of Ekurhuleni has received a notification from Rand Water of a scheduled maintenance on its bulk water supply infrastructure, from Sunday, 07 December to Monday, 15 December. The maintenance will affect water supply to various parts of the city on different days including Edenvale, Bedfordview, Germiston, Thembisa, Kempton Park, Benon...
CITY OF EKURHULENI REFUTES FALSE CLAIM OF A “50% RENT” REQUIREMENT FOR INDIGENT HOUSEHOLDS
The City of Ekurhuleni notes the recent unfounded statement made by the Thembisa Community Forum (TCF) alleging that the City now requires indigent families to pay 50% of their rent for municipal homes. This allegation is false and grossly misrepresents the City’s approved indigent policy. There is no City policy or Council resolution introducing a […]
CITY RESETTLES FAMILIES LIVING UNDER ESKOM POWER PYLONS TO A SAFER SETTLEMENT
The City of Ekurhuleni has successfully relocated 139 families who lived under high voltage power pylons in Duduza informal settlement, Thembisa, on Tuesday,19 August 2025. The families were resettled at a Chris Hani informal settlement next to Ivory Park. The new settlement at Chris Hani informal settlement will be reblocked with basic services such as […]
EXECUTIVE MAYOR NKOSINDIPHILE XHAKAZA’S STATEMENT ON THE SUSPENSION OF FIXED ELECTRICITY TARIFF CHARGES IN EKURHULENI
Thembisa – The Office of the Executive Mayor acknowledges the recent protest action in Tembisa related to the introduction of a fixed electricity tariff charge for the 2025/2026 financial year. Background In accordance with national regulatory requirements and directives from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), the City of Ekurhuleni pe...
MAYOR XHAKAZA TO LAUNCH THE MAYORAL SERVICE DELIVERY IMBIZO SERIES AT MEHLARENG STADIUM, THEMBISA
Thembisa, – The Office of the Mayor is pleased to announce the upcoming Mayoral Service Delivery Imbizo…
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