On Friday, Johannesburg council representatives appointed Kabelo Gwamanda of the minority Al Jama-ah party to succeed Thapelo Amad, who was forced to quit in April after a three-month stint in the job.
Councillors in South Africa’s richest city elected its sixth mayor in four years as the nation’s governing party tests potential alliances before a general election next year.
Major urban centres including Johannesburg and Pretoria, the capital, have been wracked by political instability since 2016, when the failure by political parties to win outright victories at the polls led to volatile coalitions. The failure by Johannesburg lawmakers to appoint a stable council has coincided with increasing neglect of the city’s infrastructure, with residents being confronted with a growing amount of potholes on main roads, collapsed traffic lights and damaged drains and bridge railings being left unrepaired.
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