Ekurhuleni fills vacancies following redeployments

The City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) has replaced the two DA councillors, who recently left their seats in council after accepting their redeployments to the Gauteng Legislature.

Council Speaker Nthabiseng Tshivhenga has on July 18 officiated the swearing-in of Jordan Lotriet and Busisiwe Radebe.
They are replacing the DA’s Mike Waters and Khathutshelo Rasilingwane, who were elected to represent the DA in the provincial legislature following the results of the 2024 general elections.

Tshivhenga welcomed the pair and wished them well in serving the people of the city with integrity and upholding their sworn oath.
Meanwhile, the DA in Ekurhuleni congratulated the two councilors.

DA deputy leader in the city, Patricia Mathebula, said the two residents of Ekurhuleni bring a wealth of experience in local governance to the caucus and will add great value to residents of the city through their commitment to serve and contribute towards building a better service delivery focused city.

Radebe, who now lives in Windmill Park, was born and bred in Hlahatsi Section in Katlehong.
She entered politics in 2011 and was mentored by the late Ward 43 councillor Bruce Reid.

Radebe served as the Ekurhuleni Ward 43 committee member for the health portfolio from 2011 to 2016; became branch chairperson and held various other positions in the DA such as Boksburg Youth chairperson and Boksburg East constituency deputy chairperson between 2012 and 2015.

In 2014, she graduated from the DA Young Leaders programme and joined the DA professional staff complement in 2015 as a constituency coordinator, responsible for coordinating the DA campaign at the constituency level until mid-2020.

She worked for a risk and auditing firm as a trainee from mid-2020 to 2021 before she returned to the DA as a constituency coordinator in the Johannesburg region between 2021 and 2022.
In 2022, she was promoted to DA Gauteng East regional manager, responsible for coordinating campaigns in Ekurhuleni and managing a team of constituency-level coordinators. This was until she recently became a councillor.
Radebe holds an IT certification in N+ and is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce in IT management.

Lotriet served as a councillor from 2016 until 2021 and briefly from 2021 until 2022.
At the time, he was the youngest councillor to be elected to council, being elected at the age of 18 years. He remains the youngest councillor in Ekurhuleni.
Lotriet holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a postgraduate certificate in education. He was previously part of the Benoni constituency, where he performed various political and legislative roles for the area.
He is currently the PR councillor for the City of Ekurhuleni deployed to the Daveyton area on behalf of the DA.

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