The metro is embarking on a process to vet and draft new by-laws to ensure local legislation remains alive to the ideals of the constitution of the country and its social cohesion aspirations.
The process focuses on several by-laws that are offensive to the morality, current laws and the spirit of the constitution.
These include, but are not limited to, by-laws on bus transportation, parks, cemeteries and use of public facilities.
The by-law review process will also fast-track the metro’s pursuit to becoming a single city by addressing disparities found in what is known as different towns of the metro.
Currently, different by-laws of former town councils constituting the city of Ekurhuleni lack uniformity in terms of land and public spaces, building control, public transport use and public behaviour, among others.
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These disparities provide a negative impact on how the EMPD enforces these by-laws.
In this regard, the metro assures residents that public participation processes will be undertaken to ensure that residents have an opportunity to contribute to the new by-laws.
The review comes shortly after the metro rolled out a process to name and rename several landmark features in Ekurhuleni with names that significantly bring honour and pride to the residents.
Both these processes seek to achieve to redress the apartheid legacy and promote social cohesion in efforts to create a national democratic society.
The imminent by-law changes augur well as the metro is gearing up to celebrate 20 years of its formation in 2020, following the abolishment of the erstwhile nine town councils.
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