Weekend Round-Up: The City Of Joburg Mourns The Passing Of Mayor Jolidee Matongo.


By Phumzile Mavimbela

Johannesburg Mayor, Jolidee Matongo died on Saturday night in a car crash. Matongo was his on way from a campaigning event in Soweto where he accompanied President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier David Makhura.  Mayor Matongo was elected unopposed to this position on 10 August 2021, following the passing of his predecessor, Geoff Makhubo, a month earlier. 

The accident occurred on the Golden highway and claimed the lives of two other people, two others are said to be recovering in hospital. 

In a tribute President Ramaphosa has expressed great shock and devastation regarding the sudden death of Matongo :

 President Ramaphosa said: “It is hard to comprehend this tragedy, given the vitality and passion with which Mayor Matongo interacted with me and residents of Soweto so shortly before his death.
 
“Nothing could prepare any of us for this sudden loss, which has deprived our nation’s economic centre of its second Executive Mayor in two months.
 
“Mayor Matongo has been taken from us at a time when he was totally immersed in improving conditions and creating opportunities for all the people of Johannesburg and stakeholders in the metropolitan economy.
 
“Like all of us, he was looking forward to the forthcoming election, and we saw in person today that he had put his heart and soul into mobilising the people of the city to make their voices heard on 1 November.
 
“The time we spent together has been rendered a priceless treasure given his untimely and traumatic passing. May his soul rest in peace.”
 

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