Daggers will soon be drawn and another Joburg mayor will be ousted | The Citizen

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Councillors in the City of Joburg council chambers in Braamfontein on 30 September 2022. Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen

If we continue witnessing the circus of what has become associated with the politics of coalition, then heaven help us, because not only has this shown a middle finger to the real freedom fighters, but we have become the laughing stock of the world.While getting used to the efficient Dr Mpho Phalatse at the helm of Johannesburg – Africa’s economic hub – an unholy alliance soon emerged.

Among many quotes of our nation’s iconic leader Nelson Mandela, I remember when he remarked: “I don’t care whether the cat is black or white … as long as it can catch mice.” Is corruption and narrow political interests what we continue to vote for all these years? Certainly, people have become tired of voting in fat cats who visit neighbourhoods in bluelight convoys – to be “surprised at how my people are really struggling and poor”.

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