He was elected mayor last night after receiving 144 votes, beating his predecessor Parks Tau who received 125 votes.
Mashaba says he’s ready to hit the ground running to change the lives of residents in the city.
He says he expects to elect a mayoral committee that will work with him to advance the lives of Johannesburg residents as soon as today.
“So that we can hit the ground running, we don’t have time on our side. Five years in not a long time, and we’re sitting and facing a massive challenge ahead of us.”
He says with over 800,000 of the city’s residents unemployed, his priority will be to equip the private sector to create jobs.
