Johannesburg City council meeting in Braamfontein. Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen Presence and visibility have been the priority for Johannesburg’s mayoral committee as it looks back on 2025. Pressure to execute came from the highest office in the land, with some able to argue that Mayor Dada Morero’s team had a guiding national hand throughout the year.
Johannesburg has 10Members of the Mayoral Committee(MMC), with many residents being hard-pressed to name half of those. Tshwaku was among the most visible in Johannesburg, tackling hijacked buildings and engaging with communities throughout the year. However,crime in Johannesburgmay be the main metric used by the public to judge Tshwaku’s effectiveness.
Johannesburg featured five and six times, respectively, in the top 30 station stations for the first and second quarter of this financial year — up from four at the end of 2023. Kunene’s year will be marked by the scandal involving alleged criminal kingpin Katiso “KT’ Molefe, which led to his month-long suspension. However, Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie cleared his deputy of any wrongdoing.
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