Newly elected City of Joburg Mayor, Jolidee Matongo, has reportedly died in a car accident after the ANC election campaign trial in Soweto on Saturday.
At the time, 269 councillors of the City of Joburg endorsed his nomination by the ANC on August 5.
Those who voted for Matongo included the Democratic Alliance – the major opposition in the council chambers. In the past, the DA led by councillor Leah Knott has nominated their own candidates. Days prior to his death, Matongo had gone on various campaign drives and various programmes such as the accelerated Service Delivery in Zandspruit ward 114 alongside MMC for Environment & Infrastructure Service, councillor Mpho Moerane and MMC for Public Safety, councillor Mally Mokoena.The Soweto-born Matongo was the sixth democratically-elected mayor of Africa’s richest city, Joburg.
Prior to his election as mayor, the son of a Zimbabwean migrant served as Joburg’s finance MMC under his predecessor, the late Makhubo.
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