Born in Dube in Soweto, Matongo became an activist at the age of 13, serving as a member of the ANC Youth League and later rising to the position of regional chairperson.
Newly-elected City of Johannesburg executive mayor Jolidee Matongo is seen as the best candidate to fill the mayoral shoes, following the death of his predecessor Geoff Makhubo. With the Johannesburg mayoral election having taken place a few months before the local government polls, the Democratic Alliance yesterday preferred not to field a candidate – and abstained from voting in support ofMatongo.
“Jolidee does have the background to be able to do the job, which we hope he will do efficiently. We are not looking at a clean sweep but a reshuffling. He is probably the best of the not-great basket of ANC candidates,” said Knott.Matongo has risen through the political and government ranks to reach the most senior position at local government level, with his last role having been member of mayoral committee for finance, making him responsible for oversight on spending by the city.
“This was the role that saw him become part of the Johannesburg leadership that prioritised socioeconomic transformation in the city through partnerships with communities, business, academic institutions and civil society in the delivery of municipal services.“The same leadership team led to the municipality scoring positive ratings by both Moody’s and Fitch for its good financial health amid financial difficulties experienced at national government in 2015,” said the city website.
Appointing an internal audit team, which the DA viewed as “a whitewash”, the city defended itself against allegations of tender fraud regarding PPE contracts worth R80 million, saying it had conducted internal investigations. The DA said the fraud could amount to as much as R600 million.
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