What are the urgent service delivery needs in your area? This is a question the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s executive mayor Clr Ntombi Mekgwe would like to ask residents of Ekurhuleni during the Integrated Development Plan (IDP)/Budget summit to be held at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg on Saturday, March 13 at 10am.

The question, without which, the mayor’s budget speech is incomplete will give residents an opportunity to advice Council on how to allocate resources, plan and develop the City.

“While the event is focused on the process to review the IDP, I am happy to use it to engage the residents of Ekurhuleni to give me tips and advice on my budget speech,” explains Mekgwe.

Members of the public can also send in emails for the budget tips at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it from the 1st of March until the 31st.
Stakeholders from various sectors of society, ward committee members, councilors and the general public are expected to come in their numbers to participate in this first ever IDP/Budget Public Conference. Previously various public meetings took place at each of the customer care areas.

During the Summit, there will be focused breakaway sessions to enable Members of the Mayoral Committee and their respective executive directors to present their respective plans and budgets to the stakeholders and for focused debate to take place.

Buses will be provided by the municipality to ferry community members to the conference and enquiries can be made with Ward Councilors, Ward Committee Members or Customer Care Area Managers.

For more information on participating, community members can call the IDP office and ask to speak to Refiloe Radebe, Bheki Sithebe or Thabi Boani on number 011 999 6762.