Joburg Finance MMC Funzela Ngobeni Announced As DA Candidate To Replace Outgoing Mayor Mashaba

Riyaz Patel

Joburg mayoral committee member (MMC), Funzela Ngobeni, has been announced as the DA candidate to take over from Herman Mashaba who steps down as executive mayor next week.

He currently serves as finance MMC.

Mashaba resigned as both mayor and a party member last month following the election of former leader Helen Zille as the party’s federal council chairperson.

He said his decision was spurred by the return of former party leader Zille – who provoked widespread anger in 2017 when she praised aspects of colonialism – to the DA’s leadership structures.

Zille’s election as Federal Council Chair this weekend represents “a victory for people in the DA who stand diametrically opposed to my beliefs and value system and I believe those of most South Africans of all backgrounds,”  Mashaba said.

At the time, the outspoken