ANC’s Jolidee Matongo Has Been Elected As Joburg’s New Executive Mayor Unopposed
- The City of Johannesburg has appointed African National Congress' Jolidee Matongo as the new executive mayor
- Matongo will be replacing Geoff Makubo who died after suffering from coronavirus related complications
- Matongo stated that he was committed to service delivery in Johannesburg but is yet to announce his dedicated service delivery team
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JOHANNESBURG - ANC member Jolidee Matongo has been elected as the new executive mayor of Johannesburg. Matonga's appointment was uncontested as he stood as the only nomination.
The City of Johannesburg municipality had been without a mayor since the death of Geoff Makhubo, who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on July 9, according to BusinessLIVE.
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A special council meeting was held on Tuesday to elect the new mayor by the Speaker of the Johannesburg council Nonceba Molwele.
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In an interview with eNCA, Matongo stated that his council was confident it would serve the City of Johannesburg better.
"We'll work thrice as hard as we promised. The city is in good hands, we can assure the residents." said Matongo.
Matongo stated his council would still have to confirm the names of the other team members from coalition political parties that will be dedicated to service delivery in the city. He went on to say that his council already has a programme in place for service delivery.
"We have an accelerated service delivery programme that we're currently rolling out. Every day of the week we're on the ground, we're not in offices. We're looking at issues of potholes, of road markings, of bust water pipes," added Matongo.
Parts of Johannesburg and Ekuruhuleni left in the dark as criminals target streetlights
Briefly News previously reported that the City of Johannesburg, as well as the City of Ehurhuleni, have been left in the dark after scrap metal hunters ravaged streetlights.
According to a report by The Citizen, criminals have been relentless in harvesting light casings, photocells, cables as well as light bulbs.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says that there has been increased activity in the theft of streetlight metals, however the reasons for these thefts are unclear.
"If you drive around Johannesburg, most of the streetlights are vandalised – actually they have been cut off, mowed down by criminals for whatever reason," said Mangena.
Mangena went on to say that the city is investing in technology to protect streetlight infrastructure but has also called residents to assist in keeping their streets lit at night. Magena added that they would be raiding scrap metal yards they believe are purchasing harvested materials from streetlights.
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