The mayors of South Africa’s six most populous metros have made at least sixty promises in the current term of office.
Most of their promises have been about electricity (10), followed by water (8), housing and homelessness (5), infrastructure (5) and safety and security (4).
Continue reading “60 new promises since the 2021 election – and counting”
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”
‘I really hope they keep their word. I’m so tired of empty promises,’ reads a comment below a video in which Joburg mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse outlined the coalition government’s plans. We track the mayor’s progress ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Golden Start event.
Both the mayors of Johannesburg and Tshwane promised residents e-health solutions during their state of the city addresses on Thursday (21 April).
View their promises here (Mpho Phalatse) and here (Randall Williams).
Continue reading “What Joburg, Tshwane state of the city speeches have in common”
The mayors of South Africa’s most populous cities have together made at least 47 promises less than five months into the new term.
The latest additions to our database are commitments Ekurhuleni mayor Tania Campbell made during the state of the city address on Wednesday (30 March).
Continue reading “Almost 50 promises for 6 current metro mayors”
The City of Johannesburg’s mayor and members of the mayoral committee announced their plans for the metro on Wednesday (12 January).
This is what the mayor promised residents.
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.