Action SA has announced that its party leader, Herman Mashaba, will stand as its mayoral candidate in Joburg for the coming local elections. The party announced Mashaba as its candidate on Saturday, ...

In his new biography, David Greenberg tells the full story of the civil rights hero who became a long-serving U.S. representative. John Lewis during a sit-in in Nashville in 1964.Credit...Danny ...

For at least the past five years, the City of Johannesburg has been in mayoral limbo after several executive mayors were either voted out by a motion of no confidence or forced to resign. The only ...

South Africans have paid tribute to the second mayor to die in a car crash in under three weeks. Naledi local municipality mayor Neo Schalk was killed on Sunday morning after an accident outside of ...

Municipal councilors in South Africa’s economic hub, Johannesburg, have picked Mpho Moerane as the city’s third mayor in less than three months. The post of mayor was left vacant when Jolidee Matongo ...

The late Executive Mayor Jolidee Matongo stands besides President Cyril Ramaphosa as he addresses the public at a voter registration event in Soweto, a few short hours before Matongo's death. Photo: ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday sang the praises of the late Johannesburg mayor Jolidee Matongo, saying he was an outstanding leader who abhorred corruption. “It's a very sad moment for me to be ...

When reflecting on the untimely death of Jolidee Matongo, one is reminded of lines from the Chinua Achebe novel Things Fall Apart: “He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have ...

Johannesburg mayor Jolidee Matongo was honoured with a wreath-laying ceremony on Wednesday. Matongo served as mayor for just over a month before a car crash claimed his life at the weekend. The ...

ANC Greater Johannesburg deputy secretary Loyiso Masuku says the City of Johannesburg is going through “a test of strength” after the death of newly elected mayor Jolidee Matongo. Masuku paid tribute ...

When I received the news of Jolidee Matongo’s passing, I broke down and cried. I can’t imagine what his closest friends and family must be going through to lose someone who is so full of life and an ...

The Gauteng Legislature has sent its condolences to the family and friends of the City of Johannesburg Mayor, Jolidee Matongo, who passed away on Saturday evening. Matongo died in a fatal car crash ...