The City of Ekurhuleni’s community swimming pools are ready and set to cool residents during hot days.
As of September 1 some of the City’s swimming pools opened their gates to patrons for the long-awaited summer season.
Ekurhuleni spokesperson, Mr Themba Gadebe said, in preparation for the swimming season, some of the pools went through an extensive process of renovation and maintenance.
“The preparations included normal annual acid washing of all pools, painting of all concrete pools, repairs to all tiled pools and replacing broken tiles, repairs to pool expansion joints, repairs to all plumbing, repairs to all electrical faults, cleaning of pool area and buildings, appointment of seasonal lifeguards, and purchasing of water purification chemicals,”said Mr Gadebe.
There are three types of pool categories across the City with different facilities, such as Category A, which has an indoor heated swimming pool and is an arena for hosting big swimming competitions.
Category B pools are mainly outdoors with grandstands, Category C pools are normal swimming pools with basic amenities.
Entrance fee per person to community pools according to their categories are:
- Category A – R15
- Category B – R10
- Category C – R5
Category B and C operating times:
Monday – all pools are closed
Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm
Sunday and public holidays 2pm to 6pm.
