Mpho Phalatse of the Democratic Alliance has become the first female mayor of the City of Johannesburg. Phalatse bagged 144 votes as compared to her challenger Mpho Moerane of the ANC who only received 121 votes.
At the end of a day of significant council losses for the ANC, the party crashed out of power in Johannesburg late on Monday, too, as the DA’s Dr. Mpho Phalatse won the mayoral chains off the ANC candidate Mpho Moerane.
Phalatse won 144 votes to Moerane’s 121, becoming Johannesburg’s first woman mayor. It capped a day of upsets for the governing party. Its coalition plans splattered to an end in defeats in eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Ekurhuleni. The EFF voted with DA candidates, while the IFP abandoned the ANC in eThekwini after the party tried to ram through the discredited Mxolisi Kaunda as mayor for a second term.
Mpho Phalatse’s educational background
Phalatse finished high school in 1994 and managed to gain admission to the University of Witwatersrand, where she started studying Chemical Engineering, according to the DA’s website. In her second year at Wits, she came to the conclusion that engineering was not for her and switched studies.
Mpho Phalatse early career
Phalatse spent six years of her career looking through service delivery models in various circumstances and decided to register a company of her own. She witnessed poverty in the North West’s villages, which prompted her to suspend her business and go back to Gauteng, where she studied further.
Mpho Phalatse political career
She was appointed Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Health and Social Development and Medical Advisor in the Compensation Commission at the same time. She turned down the latter in order to serve Johannesburg’s people.
Being the first of your achievements makes you feel proud, right? Mpho Phalatse has been elected as the first female Mayor in the city of Johannesburg. It was really a difficult call, as she didn’t expect the victory. The emerging votes spoke totally opposite to the result. The reason Mpho begin anticipating a controversial losing was because of the pep talks on media channels.
Mpho Phalatse family
According to The South African, Phalatse is a single mother of three kids aged five, 11, and 18. Her hobbies include walking, hiking, meditating, and taking long drives. Her favorite foods include chicken livers, garlic prawns, and brown pap.
How Mpho Phalatse won election
Mpho Phalatse won the election by 23 votes. She got almost 144 votes whereas her competitor, ANC’s Mpho Moerane only succeeded to bag 121 votes. This victory possibly brought a lot of proud moments for Phalatse. On the other hand, DA’s candidate Vasco da Gama got up the position of the ‘elected speaker’. He served previously from 2016 to 2019, and later this is his ‘back to the office’ moment. ANC’s Eunice Mgcina got 118 votes, but when we compare it with the votes booked by Da Gama, then he won with 147 votes. This gives a glimpse of the call that was made by the public.
Mpho Phalatse age
Phalatse was born on 7 November 1977 in Pretoria. She lived with her grandmother in Hebron for the first few years of her life before she joined her parents in Mabopane.
There were many controversial moments that made people in dilemma on who to vote and elect as their Mayor. But looks like, Mpho Phalatse won the heart of the public after all.
Mpho Phalatse is a qualified medical doctor who graduated from Sefako Makgatho University. She completed her internship back in 2015 and later served a lot of local hospitals. She was born in Tshwane and raised by her grandmother. With the busy schedule of her parents, as they were educators, she took over interest in the medical field.
She took up her education and continued to become Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME) with ABIME. She is a single mom with 3 children, one of age 18, another 11 and the youngest one 5. Looks like the humble behaviour that she adapted from her career brought her up in the field of politics. She wanted to serve the poor and help them achieve their former rights. Having been elected as the first female Mayor, Mpho Phalatse is all set to live her dream.
Mpho Phalatse is the inspiration for many women in the country. She achieved great things in her life from hard work. The Mpho Phalatse’s net worth is not known. She is a personality who is in the news for her achievements and good work. Her salary is also not known to the public. She is a proud mother and manages her home alone. Mpho’s social media profile is not verified yet.