FRIDAY BRIEFING | Joburg's mayoral go-round (Apologies if you wanted service delivery)
I recently read a blog where the writer lamented whether they were falling out of love with Johannesburg. Things just feel broken, and it has felt like this for a long time. Traffic lights, even when there isn't load shedding, don't work. Potholes grow larger and larger. It is difficult to navigate the roads, as there are no lines marking out the lanes. Every now and again there is just no water, as infrastructure fails. Rubbish is sometimes not picked up.
Initially, things were relatively stable under a coalition agreement led by then DA mayor Herman Mashaba. The mayoral merry-go-round really got into full swing, though, after the 2021 elections, as coalition politics fully kicked in, with no party appearing to want to put stability of the metro before their own interests. In just 18 months - the city has seen the mayorship change four times.
We had hardly learnt Morero's name when Phalatse returned, thanks to the court ruling in her favour. Before she could get too comfortable, however, another motion of no confidence saw her replaced by Al Jamah-ah candidate, Thapelo Amad, through a ANC-EFF deal. NewsletterInsight and analysis on the big political story of the week, plus a roundup of top columns and most-read stories.And we are not even done with this term yet before the next local government elections.
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