Joburgers need action, not speeches

Joburg mayor Dada Morero’s plan to 'rotate' MECs seems more like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

11 May 2025 - 00:00 By SUNDAY TIMES EDITORIAL

By now the citizens of Johannesburg, the self-styled “world-class African city”, are exasperated by mayoral speeches making pie-in-the-sky promises to return the former City of Gold to its halcyon days. ..

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