Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, councillor Kabelo Gwamanda resigns
Kabelo Gwamanda’s resignation will be effective from a date to be determined by the speaker
The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, councillor Kabelo Gwamanda, submitted his resignation to the Speaker of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Council on August 13.
This is in line with the political engagements that have taken place over the past weeks.
JUST IN: Mayor Gwamanda resigns as the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg ^GZ pic.twitter.com/kuiBZjt3VX
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) August 13, 2024
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“As the youngest mayor of Johannesburg, I am humbled by the opportunity to have led this city and have stabilised it financially and administratively following the collapse of the multi-party coalition government.”
Gwamanda added he was pleased that he and his team managed to place good governance on course and that the best audit outcomes were achieved by the city in years.
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“I shall continue to serve the people of Johannesburg as a councillor and will forever cherish the experience afforded to me in my tenure as the executive mayor. My story is one I am hopeful will continue to inspire many an African child from our city against deprivation, isolation, and social and political exclusion, and the absence of friends and peers in the corporate and media hierarchy, one can live and rise on the noble cause of changing the conditions of the poor,” he remarked.
The resignation will be effective from a date to be determined by the speaker, wherein a new executive mayor will be elected by the council.
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