Category: Updates

Of the six metro mayors we started tracking in 2017, Ekurhuleni’s Mzwandile Masina is the only first citizen who remains in his position.

Take a look at the promises he has made at this link.

Transport and infrastructure featured prominently in the promises Tshwane mayor Randall Williams made during his first state of the city address.

Explore the full list here.

Track My Mayor has a new home!

Going forward, the project will be part of Answerable, an independent media organisation that uses accountability journalism to help fill the gaps caused by the decline of beat reporting in stretched newsrooms.

Answerable (“to have to explain your actions to someone”) will continue to help journalists monitor if mayors keep their word. But it will do more than this. It will use reporting, fact-checking and promise tracking to hold politicians and civil servants responsible.

Follow us on Twitter.

Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba is expected to deliver his second state of the city address on May 2.

Continue reading “Diarise this – Joburg’s state of the city address”