There is a lie at the heart of our Johannesburg. We all know it well – Johannesburg is a "World Class African City." One wishes the slogan was true. But as many residents know, the city, particularly when I took office in 2016, was more akin to a world-class slum. The inner-city, formerly the heartbeat Johannesburg, was mired in crime and grim – a hellscape for many residents. It is not an exaggeration to say that in 2016, the city spiralled into deep decline despite the ANC’s spin-doctoring, costing over R300 million. At the time, Johannesburg faced an infrastructure backlog estimated at R170 billion and a housing backlog of over 300 000 units.
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Today, the unholy alliance of the ANC and Democratic Alliance in the Johannesburg Council has predictably and without opposition elected Cllr Jolidee Matongo, the ANC’s chief spindoctor in JHB, and right-hand man to the late Mayor Makhubo, as Executive Mayor of the City of Joburg. Cllr Matongo propped, patted, and applauded the corruption carried out by the ANC and its former Mayor within the City of Johannesburg, all at the expense of residents who continue to watch service delivery deteriorate in the City.
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