The mayor died in a car accident which claimed three lives on the Golden Highway on Saturday.
Johannesburg – Family, friends, religious personnel, Johannesburg Metro Police Department, politicians and City of Joburg officials have arrived to bid farewell to the late mayor Jolidee Matongo.
Matongo, 46, died in a horrific car accident which claimed three lives on the Golden Highway, not far from his home on Saturday. He was returning from an ANC elections programme in preparation for the local government elections in Soweto, where he was campaigning with President Cyril Ramaphosa, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and other officials.
The funeral service began at his home where family and close friends attended before they came to the Finetown Hall, where the main service is held, later he will be laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery.
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