Joburg’s New ANC Mayor To Reach Out To DA & EFF, Geoff Makhubo Says He Wants A ‘United City’

Riyaz Patel

The newly elected mayor of Johannesburg says the city will have a new executive at the end of the week, and that the ANC would reach out to the DA and EFF because he wanted to build a united city.

“In the last three years, we have endured divisiveness and a highly toxic political and administrative environment,” Geoff Makhubo told journalists Thursday.

The ANC, with the assistance of the Inkatha Freedom Party and smaller parties – including the Pan African Congress, African Independent Congress and Al-Jamah – won control of the City on Wednesday after the seized control in 2016 local government elections. 

Makhubo also confirmed the ANC would enter into a formal coalition with the smaller parties who helped it regain control of Johannesburg.

“Yes, we [are] going into a formal coalition with the parties. Now, we are negotiating who will