As Herman Mashaba’s tenure as Johannesburg mayor comes to an end a little more than three years after he was elected to lead the hung council of SA’s biggest municipality, the DA faces losing both metros it governs via a coalition in Gauteng.
It has been more than a month since Mashaba dramatically announced his resignation from the DA and as mayor at a media conference where he trashed the party. He did what few SA politicians dare do: walk away from an extremely powerful position based, at least at face value, on principle...
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