City of Johannesburg mayor resigns
Mayor Gwamanda leaves office after large political engagements and discussions over the last few weeks.
The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Clr Kabelo Gwamanda, resigned from office on August 13.
According to a statement released by the office of the mayor, Gwamanda submitted his resignation to the city’s Speaker of Council.
“As the youngest mayor of Johannesburg, I am humbled by the opportunity to have led this city and have stabilised it financially and administratively following the collapse of the multi-party coalition government,” Gwamanda said.
Gwamanda promised to continue to serve the people of Johannesburg as a councillor and will forever cherish the best audit outcomes achieved by the city.
“I am hopeful that I will continue to inspire many an African child from our city that, against deprivation, isolation, social and political exclusion and with the absence of friends and peers in the corporate and media hierarchy, one can live and rise on the noble cause of changing the conditions of the poor,” he added.
Speaker Margaret Arnolds noted the resignation and will convene an extraordinary council meeting tomorrow, August 16.
