There have been concerns about the increasing incidents in crime and trauma incidents since alcohol was unbanned under Level 3 of the lockdown.
The Ekurhuleni food bank was launched in April, just three weeks after the national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus was declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Masina got into hot water with his party after he tweeted a newspaper article where he agreed with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema's comments that called for the collapse of the white economy.
Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has dared the ANC to fire him after the party released a statement rebuking him for his comments on Twitter, in which he voiced his support for EFF leader Julius Malema on Sunday.
The African National Congress (ANC)'s Pule Mabe said that Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina's comment that he won't be gauged by whites nor be friends with white monopoly capital was unfortunate.
Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina said that they had so far distributed more than 18,000 food parcels in the region.
In his 18 March state of the city address, the City of Ekurhuleni’s executive mayor, Mzwandile Masina proposed using the municipality’s emergency funds “to procure the vaccine Inferon B from Cuba”.
The African National Congress (ANC) has celebrated the birthday of OR Tambo at his grave site at the Tamboville Cemetary in Brakpan, saying that he must be celebrated for his sacrifice.
The ANC called Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina out for publicly questioning the president’s Cabinet decisions, saying whatever concerns he has, he must raise them within the ANC.
Leurtla will assist the accounting officer to carry out her financial management responsibilities, the city said.
Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina took to social media to criticise the return of Pravin Gordhan to the Public Enterprises Ministry, saying it was 'a mockery of our democracy'.
While the ANC has welcomed Ramaphosa’s new executive, some party members are not happy with his choices.
On Thursday, Masina hit out at the Reserve Bank governor, accusing Lesetja Kganyago of thinking he is bigger than the 'party that deployed him'.
The city resolved on Thursday to go ahead with land expropriation without compensation as a test case.
