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Foremost Johannesburg’s first democratic Mayor Isaac Mogase is dead

Isaac Mogase foremost Johannesburg’s first democratic Mayor has died.
He died on Wednesday morning. Isaac held the position of first post-apartheid era mayor of the greater Johannesburg between 1995 and 2000.
He was an outstanding servant of the city, served as an activist before becoming a councillor and was part of the leadership of the Soweto crisis committee.
Mogase had a pivotal role in the groundwork for local governance Jaburg municipal city development.
“We are saddened as the City of Johannesburg on the passing of the first post-apartheid mayor of the greater Johannesburg metropolitan council, a struggle veteran who joined the African National Congress in Alexandra in the ’50s. He was very active in the National Congress Youth League.”
