MMC for Finance in Johannesburg Funzi Ngobeni from the Democratic Alliance (DA) is one of the candidates elected for the mayor position in Johannesburg. Funzi confirmed being interested in the position and this may depend on the DA’s support for him to take over from Herman Mashaba.
Mashaba who handed over his resignation last month after Helen Zille was elected as Chairperson of the federal council, will be exiting as mayor next week.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in July proposed to the DA that they would like to control Johannesburg or Tshwane but the proposal was flatly refused. For Ngobeni to be elected as mayor of Johannesburg his election will be highly dependent on the DA’s coalition with their voting partners the EFF.
Herman Mashaba held a press release on Tuesday as he was announcing the crime statistics and prides himself in the results yielded from his tenure as Mayor.
