The Race for Joburg: A Live Serial

Being Joburg’s mayor is often deadly. How does succession work in the ANC? Who wins, who loses and who dies? Welcome to an edge-of-your-seat episode.

As ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba makes his play for your vote, we look at his past for clues to the future. When he became the first coalition mayor ten years ago, his apparent inaction broke City Power. If he becomes mayor again, can he be trusted to fix it? This is a work of reported opinion.

Dozens (!) of people compete to be the mayor of Africa’s richest city. Why do all of them actually have a reasonable chance? We seek out the playbook for capturing a city.