Jolidee Matongo has been elected as the new Mayor of the City of Johannesburg. Matongo is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and is the former finance MMC in Joburg, he was the only candidate nominated for this position and got elected uncontested. Two hundred and fifty-six councillors participated in the special sitting, from different locations at the City of Joburg's offices.

According to Polity Matongo said he appreciated the “honour and privilege to lead Africa’s pre-eminent City” for the remainder of the mayoral term.

“We are taught in the African National Congress that the assumption is very dangerous, so we did not assume that at this hour I will be in this podium but we always carry hope with us. So at this hour Madam Speaker let me just thank the African National Congress, the region, province and the national officials for the confidence they have showed in me but also thanks all the 269 councillors who have, I think [for the first time] in the history of my City, unanimously decided that we will not look at any other candidate but yourself Councillor Matongo,” he said. 

 Matongo said financial responsibility was part of the metro’s top priorities, adding that there were a number of things the City had to do to ensure that it was sustainable.

“Good governance is critical because we can have all the resources we want but if the resources are not deployable or used in a manner that ensures that services are delivered to the people of Johannesburg we are going to have a problem, we are going to have an unauthorised expenditure, so the whole priority around good governance is important for us to ensure that we deal with malfeasance, corruption and maladministration,” he stated.