“Gogo Is Running the City”: Mzansi Reacts as Helen Zille Goes Fishing at Ruined Joburg Swimming Pool
- Helen Zille traded her snorkel for a fishing rod and took on the City of Johannesburg just days after her pothole swim went viral
- A public swimming pool in Windsor West has been a dumping site and haven for drug dealers since security was removed in 2019
- Mzansi burst into laughter watching the clip, but many residents remembered swimming at that same pool as children growing up
She is back at it again, and this time, she swapped her snorkel for a fishing rod, and Mzansi absolutely loved it.
Source: TikTok
A few days ago, DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille made national headlines for swimming in a burst-pipe pothole in Douglasdale, Johannesburg. The 74-year-old politician was at it again. On Thursday, 2 April, Zille pulled up a camping chair, cast a fishing line into what was once a thriving public swimming pool in Windsor West, Randburg. She let the City of Johannesburg know exactly what she thought of its record. The video was shared on her social media platforms on the same day. It sent Mzansi into a fit of laughter and, for many, hit a nerve that has been raw for years.
The reason Zille went fishing instead of swimming was simple. There was nothing left to swim in. What used to be a community pool is now a stagnant green mess of algae, tadpoles, and floating plastic bottles. The facility has been abandoned for years, taken over by drug dealers, squatters, and vandals who stripped it of everything worth stripping. It is no longer a recreational space. It is a dumping site, a haven for illegal activity, and according to Zille, a genuine danger to the children who play just outside its gate.
From pool parties to pool pollution
The Windsor West swimming pool’s rot dates back to 2019, when security services were removed from the premises. By the time anyone in authority paid attention, the damage had already been done. The City of Johannesburg had plans, ‘of course’.
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A spokesperson for the city once said that the pool was earmarked for Phase 2 of a maintenance plan, with a public-private partnership in the works to beautify the area. Years later, the partnership is still in the works. The pool is still a swamp.
Watch the day of fishing in the TikTok clip below:
Mzansi reacts to the clip
Briefly News compiled some comments from the post below.
Sabelo Msiza commented:
“Gogo is already running the city. Next week Dada will have his guys hard at work here. “
Godfrey Moselakgomo said:
“I can't wait to hear Dada, the mayor, say ‘Zille was not supposed to go fishing.’”
Lynn Gail Dawson Radue noted:
“I remember swimming there as a child. How sad! Let’s hope it can be restored to its former glory.”
Kim Booyse Barow wrote:
“Zille beats the sell-out comedians in America. I’d pay to go watch all her clips. Make a movie of the road not travelled. Two roads diverging in a forested city. Profound poem.”
Nadine Caine Van Staden commented:
“I love you, Helen, and I love your videos. But most of all, I love how you are trying to make a difference in a city that I truly love and miss. Thank you for really trying to make it a great city again. “
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