NATIONAL NEWS - ANC councillor Jolidee Matongo has been elected the new executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg.
Council speaker Nonceba Molwele made the announcement a short while ago during a special council meeting on Tuesday morning. There were no other mayoral candidates nominated for the position.
Matongo takes over from former mayor Geoff Makhubo, who succumbed to Covid-related complications in July.
Matongo is expected to complete Makhubo’s term in office, which will end either in October or early next year depending on the postponement of the local government elections.
The new mayor was endorsed by the ANC’s coalition partners, the African Independent Congress, Al Jama-ah, the Congress of the People, the United Democratic Movement, Inkatha Freedom Party, and the Patriotic Alliance.
