In the first speech he gave as Cape Town mayor in November 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis made a handful of promises. We rate his progress one year on.
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Early promises: How did Cape Town’s Geordin Hill-Lewis fare?
In the first speech he gave as Cape Town mayor in November 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis made a handful of promises. We rate his progress one year on.
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Find all Ekurhuleni mayors in our database
Metro mayors don’t often complete their five-year terms. Keep up with who has been mayor in Ekurhuleni since the 2016 local government election – and their promises – by clicking on the links:
Nkosindiphile Xhakaza (ANC)
Sivuyile Ngodwana (AIC)
Tania Campbell (DA)
Mzwandile Masina (ANC)
Find all Tshwane mayors in our database
Metro mayors don’t often complete their five-year terms. Keep up with who has been mayor in the City of Tshwane since the 2016 local government election – and their promises – by clicking on the links:
Nasiphi Moya (ActionSA)
Cilliers Brink (DA)
Randall Williams (DA)
Stevens Mokgalapa (DA)
Solly Msimanga (DA)
Find all Nelson Mandela Bay mayors in our database
Metro mayors don’t often complete their five-year terms. Keep up with who has been mayor in Nelson Mandela Bay since the 2016 local government election – and their promises – by clicking on the links:
Gary van Niekerk (Northern Alliance/National Alliance)
Retief Odendaal (DA)
Eugene Johnson (ANC)
Nqaba Bhanga (DA)
Mongameli Bobani (UDM)
Athol Trollip (DA)
Find all eThekwini mayors in our database
Metro mayors don’t often complete their five-year terms. Keep up with who has been mayor in eThekwini since the 2016 local government election – and their promises – by clicking on the links:
Cyril Xaba (ANC)
Mxolisi Kaunda (ANC)
Zandile Gumede (ANC)
Find all Joburg mayors in our database
Metro mayors don’t often complete their five-year terms. Keep up with who has been mayor in the City of Johannesburg since the 2016 local government election – and their promises – by clicking on the links:
Dada Morero (ANC)
Kabelo Gwamanda (Al Jama-ah)
Thapelo Amad (Al Jama-ah)
Mpho Phalatse (DA)
Mpho Moerane (ANC)
Jolidee Matongo (ANC)
Geoff Makhubo (ANC)
Herman Mashaba (DA)
Note: We removed the promises Dada Morero had made during a stint as mayor in 2022 because a court set aside that election. He returned in 2024.
Find all Cape Town mayors in our database
Metro mayors don’t often complete their five-year terms. Keep up with who has been mayor in the City of Cape Town since the 2016 local government election – and their promises – by clicking on the links:
Geordin Hill-Lewis (DA)
Dan Plato (DA)
Patricia de Lille (DA)
No sign yet of eThekwini’s promised water leak detection tech
Promise date: 31 May 2022
Due date: 31 August 2022
Source: Budget policy statement
Promise outcome: Broken
In May, eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda promised residents that satellite technology would “soon” be used to monitor and detect water leaks in the metro.
“We are confident that this initiative is going to drastically reduce water losses,” Kaunda said in his 2022/23 budget policy statement.
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Tracked: 200 out of 2 300 promised streetlights for axed mayor Eugene Johnson
Promise date: 30 November 2021
Due date: 1 March 2022
Source: Statement
Promise outcome: Broken
One of the few promises former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson made before her term was cut short, was that the metro would get 2 300 energy-efficient streetlights.
Johnson made the commitment in a November 2021 statement about her plans for the coalition government’s first hundred days in office.
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Track My Mayor is a promise tracker aimed at increasing accountability at local government level. It was established with support from Code for Africa’s