A tragedy has struck South Africa’s Johannesburg city again, Newly elected Johannesburg
Mayor, Jolidee Matongo died in car crash this past weekend hour after a door to door local
Government election campaign with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in Soweto.
The 46-year-old had been elected as Mayor of the city on August 10th after his predecessor, Geoff
Makhubo succumbed to Covid-19 complications in July, Johannesburg residents say they had little time to get to know the Mayor.
“Unfortunately, I had no time to familiarize myself with this new mayor. However, from a far he seemed like a person who wanted to do good and fix existing issues, it’s sad that he passed away like especially because the elections are around the corner,”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa in a written statement said on Monday that nothing could prepare the country for the sudden loss, Ramaphosa said the Johannesburg mayor was looking forward, to the forthcoming local government elections.
However, some residents of Johannesburg are asking if the ruling party, African National Congress’s will be able to fill the position before the local government elections begin in November.
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