Promise date: 24 May 2022
Due date: 24 August 2022
Source: Facebook video: Joburg Energy Indaba [1:33:31]
Promise outcome: Kept in part
At the Joburg Energy Indaba in May 2022, Joburg mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse gave a timeline for the city’s plans to reduce its dependence on power utility Eskom. Continue reading “Joburg energy RFP did go out, but later than promised”
Promise date: 18 November 2021
Due date: 2 November 2026
Source: Acceptance speech
Promise outcome: In progress
In the first speech he gave as Cape Town mayor in November 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis made a handful of promises – among them to end load shedding over time. How much closer is he to fulfilling the promise? Continue reading “Cape Town ‘on track’ to protect residents from 4 load-shedding stages”
Promise date: 22 November 2021
Due date: 22 February 2022
Source: Acceptance speech
Promise outcome: Kept
One of the first promises Tania Campbell made after being elected as the executive mayor of Ekurhuleni was to tackle the city’s electricity problems.
“We will immediately start the process of fixing the electricity problems that seem so endlessly to plague our city …” she said in an acceptance speech on 22 November.
Continue reading “Tracked: Trying to fix Ekurhuleni’s electricity problems one resolution at a time”
Shortly after her election, Ekurhuleni mayor Tania Campbell promised that residents would “no longer be living in filth as pointed out by the Public Protector”.
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Promise date: 21 October 2021
Promise due date: 31 October 2021
Source: Interview
Promise outcome: Broken
Joburg mayor Mpho Moerane made a rather bold promise about electricity delivery during his few weeks in office.
He promised a stable electricity supply and the ability to “alleviate stage one, stage two load shedding” because of a power purchase agreement signed with the Kelvin Power Station.
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 impactAFRICA fund.