Mayor Mashaba pledges to build a better Jozi for residents
20 April 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba, last night said his administration was working towards taking the City back from law-breakers.
Addressing an Integrated Development Plan (IDP) regional summit at the Johannesburg City Hall, Mayor Mashaba said when his administration took office in August 2016, it declared corruption “Public Enemy No 1”.
“We are determined to sweep clean the streets of Johannesburg. We will rid our city of criminals. We will rid our city of druglords. We will rid our city of slumlords. We will rid our city of corrupt government officials,” Mayor Mashaba said to applause.
More than 500 people, mostly residents of the City of Johannesburg’s Region F, participated in the summit. The event was also attended by members of the mayoral committee, including councillors Funzela Ngobeni (Development Planning), Mpho Phalatse (Health and Social Development), Mzobanzi Ntuli (Housing), Michael Sun (Public Safety), Nonhlanhla Makhuba (Transport), Sharon Peetz (Economic Development) and Nico de Jager (Environment and Infrastructure Services) as well as Council Speaker, Cllr Vasco da Gama.