THE DA’s Mpho Phalatse, a medical doctor by profession, has been elected the new mayor of Joburg with 144 votes, while the ANC’s Mpho Moerane received 121 votes.
Only two candidates were contesting the metro after ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba withdrew from the race.
This is the DA’s second victory in the City of Joburg after its councillor Vasco Da Gama was, earlier in the day, elected Speaker with 147 votes.
Phalatse becomes the first black woman to lead the Johannesburg mayoralty – and the first woman since 1946.
This is the fourth appointment as mayor of Johannesburg this year: Geoff Makhubo died of Covid-19 and another, Jolidee Matongo, was killed in a car accident.
Phalatse will now have to convince her allies to continue working with her, something the previous DA mayor failed to do when his coalition partners turned to the ANC.
In 2005, Phalatse became qualified as a
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