The ANC's own new criteria, along with the fact that Matongo was well-respected among even the opposition, makes the blow of his death so much worse.
Johannesburg mayor Jolidee Matongo died in a car accident on Saturday night. Photo: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo
Matongo, 46, died after being involved in a car accident in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, while returning from a voter registration drive in Soweto – alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier David Makhura.The extended ANC national executive committee meeting last month resolved at introducing new criteria for selecting mayors, which included that:
The vetting process consider experience, skills, qualifications, gender equity, youth participation and diversity. “Nothing could prepare any of us for this sudden loss, which has deprived our nation’s economic centre of its second executive mayor in two months. Mayor Matongo has been taken from us at a time when he was totally immersed in improving conditions and creating opportunities for all the people of Johannesburg and stakeholders in the metropolitan economy.”
City of Joburg speaker Nonceba Molwele – among the last to have seen Matongo alive in Soweto – said she was shocked at the news.
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