BREAKING: Johannesburg’s First Zimbabwean Mayor Dies In Car Crash Barely 1 Month In Office.
18 September 2021
Johannesburg’s first Zimbabwean mayor Jolidee Matongo has died in a car crash, according to a predecessor and two South African publications.
Matongo who was quick to announce that he is a Zimbabwean descent during his swearing in ceremony last month, died while coming from a series of ANC election meetings in Soweto on Saturday afternoon.
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Details were sketchy at the time of publication, as Matongo’s spokesperson could not be reached for comment but the fatal crash was however, confirmed by a member of his inner circle, who said he was also still trying to get more information.
Matongo was accompanying President Cyril Ramaphosa on the ANC’s election trail on Saturday. – Citizen/Agencies