Mayor Jolidee Matongo was travelling with two of his VIP protectors at the time of the accident. Both protectors sustained injuries.
City of Johannesburg Mayor Jolidee Matongo’s death comes just two months after his predecessor Geoff Makhubo also passed
President Cyril Ramaphosa took to Twitter on Saturday evening to express his shock following the death of Mayor Jolidee Matongo.
Joburg Mayor Jolidee Matongo died in a car accident on Saturday, hours after participating in an ANC electioneering programme with the President in Soweto.
Mmusi Maimane and Julius Malema both defended the new Joburg mayor, Jolidee Matongo, against the xenophobic comments directed towards him.
In the latest news in South Africa on Wednesday 11 August 2021, there is growing outrage over the rape of a Grade 1 learner in a Gauteng school.