By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The funeral of the late executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Jolidee Matongo, will take place this morning in Finetown Hall.
The service will start at home at 8am to 8:30am. From 8:30am, the family and faith leaders will then proceed to Finetown Hall for the funeral service that will start at 9am.
He died last weekend following a road accident. Before his passing, he had spent a full day in Soweto with President Cyril Ramaphosa on a campaign trail.
Matongo, 46, was sworn in as mayor following the July 9, death of Geoff Makhubo from Covid-19 related complications. A month later on August 10, Matongo elected as mayor unopposed.
The ANC, had 124 seats in the council, required an additional 12 votes from other parties to install Matongo.
Matongo, 46, hails from Dube in Soweto and was a member of the ANC Johannesburg regional executive committee. He had a diploma in public management and development, a B-Tech degree in public management and a post-graduate diploma in management.
He was also pursuing a master’s degree in public management and lived in Lenasia,South of Johannesburg.
Matongo was among the three ANC greater Johannesburg members who were the first to be subjected to the governing party’s new selection process, which seeks to employ only those with the appropriate skills in leadership positions.
He was previously an operations manager in Johannesburg’s housing department and later became the City’s deputy director of youth development.
Thereafter he went on to become a councillor in the Johannesburg metro ahead of his appointment as a strategic adviser of the member of the mayoral committee for finance in 2011.
At the tender age of 13, Matongo took up student politics in Dube, Soweto and Subsequently became a member of the ANC’s Youth League, where he was elected regional chairperson.
He had served as a member of the Johannesburg ANC regional executive committee for 18 years.
Matongo was among the longest serving members of the regional executive committee of the ANC in Johannesburg and was previously appointed by the late mayor Makhubo to serve as MMC of finance for the City of Johannesburg.
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