Ramaphosa Won't Save Jozi

President Cyril Ramaphosa's intervention won't rescue Johannesburg because too many useless cadres are still in place.

- Martin Williams

After months of false promises about changes in the Gauteng ANC, Panyaza Lesufi is still premier. He's also co-coordinator of the party's provincial task team. It's a mistake to leave him in positions where he calls the shots. Lesufi is the architect of dysfunction in Gauteng metros.

Below him, ineffectual Dada Morero remains Johannesburg mayor. Despite attempts to boost his image on social media, Morero doesn't have the heft to lead this turbulent city.

His recent publicity stunts have been mislabelled as "high-impact accelerated service delivery". For ratepayers, there has been no obvious impact. Streetlights remain off, traffic signals malfunction, potholes proliferate, whole suburbs are deprived of water and/or electricity for days, sometimes weeks. Even months.

Today, while we are in council, Morero is hosting a breakfast for business leaders under the theme, "High-impact accelerated service delivery for economic growth".