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ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. (File photo)
ACTIONSA

Former mayor Mashaba throws his hat into Joburg’s mayoral race

ActionSA leader joins the likes of DA’s Helen Zille to claim city’s top post

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero at the official handover of the Southern Farms Housing Project. (X)
ABANDONED BUILDINGS EXPROPRIATION

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’

Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
Herman Mashaba said his party had accepted working with the ANC, a shift from its earlier stance, so that it could hold the organisation accountable. (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ACTIONSA

Mashaba’s ActionSA guns for speaker positions in Gauteng metros

The green mambas’ leader says the ANC is not the only party that has been involved in corruption

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Al Jama-ah councillor Kabelo Gwamanda. (City of Joburg/Facebook)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Joburg mayor receiving medical treatment after becoming ill during council debate

Gwamanda was unwell when he delivered his state of the city address and had to be rushed to hospital during the debate following his speech

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
Tshwane mayor Kgosientso ‘Sputla’ Ramokgopa was joined by his family when he cast his vote at Seaparankwe Primary School in Atteridgeville.
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

‘State capture’ is rife at municipal level, claims DA

Party laments the situation in municipalities taken over from the ANC after local elections.

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
Parks Tau in an interview with ‘City Press’ on December 4 2012.
HERMAN MASHABA

​Bargain with the ANC to get the right budget, says ex-Jo’burg mayor Parks Tau

The former mayor of Johannesburg has warned that projects may not get off the ground.

  • Govan Whittles
4 min read
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille.
HERMAN MASHABA

Herman Mashaba elected Johannesburg mayor, marking the end of ANC rule in the city

The DA has reshaped the political landscape of South Africa following victories in Tshwane and Johannesburg.

  • James Macharia
1 min read
JOHANNESBURG COUNCIL

ANC councillor collapses and dies at Johannesburg city council’s inaugural meeting

The politician was seen being removed from the chambers just as the nominations for the mayoral position were announced.

  • Gemma Ritchie
1 min read
AMOS MASONDO

Masondo next to be axed?

Johannesburg’s executive mayor’s term is also likely to end soon, writes Matuma Letsoalo

  • Matuma Letsoalo Author
4 min read