City urges events organisers to abide by the law

The City of Ekurhuleni urges event organisers, companies and individuals planning to host sports and recreational events in the city to abide by all the rules, especially safety regulations in line with the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (SASREA), Act 2 of 2010.

The act provides for a SASREA committee to preside over all applications for events.

Applications to host events must be submitted to the committee at least 21 days before the event takes place so that enough time is given to the structure to consider all the aspects of the gathering.

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However, in extraordinary and reasonable circumstances, the act allows for an event to be approved at least 14 days before it takes place.

According to Zweli Dlamini, the CoE spokesperson the SASREA committee is made up of members from different departments.

“The duty of these officials is to evaluate the application for compliance based on their expertise and departmental regulations.

“One of the key elements of the committee becomes the safety of the public before, during and after the event,” said Dlamini.

He stated that as a city they have a responsibility to protect the community and they remain steadfast in their efforts to achieve this.

“If the application meets all the requirements of the act, it receives a permit to go ahead and if not, it is not approved and the organiser is given the reasons for such,” said Dlamini.

“It is important to note that under no circumstances will a permit be issued if an application was not submitted and jointly evaluated by the SASREA committee,” he added.

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“The city wishes to make it clear that any event held outside the SASREA, is illegal and the organisers risk facing criminal charges for hosting an illegal event.”

Application forms can be downloaded from the city’s website at www.ekurhuleni.gov.za or requested from:
sasrea@ekurhuleni.gov.za, lerato.lebeko@ekurhuleni.gov.za, shadi.tsebe@ekurhuleni.gov.za

For more information regarding the issue of SASREA and the necessary application thereof, the public may contact lerato.lebeko@ekurhuleni.gov.za or call 011 999 8833 or shadi.tsebe@ekurhuleni.gov.za or call 011 999 1683.