‘I SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT’

UNEMPLOYMENT, creaky infrastructure, corruption, hijacked buildings, filthy streets, potholes, robots that aren’t working . . . the list of problems facing the city of gold just goes on and on.

But will Johannesburg’s new mayor be able to sort them out? Many have their doubts.

Before the mayoral chain was even around Geoff Makhubo’s neck, he was already bogged down in controversy and tainted with the whiff of corruption.

Following Herman Mashaba’s shock resignation from the post in October the ANC grabbed its chance, luring enough support from the Democratic Alliance’s coalition partners to take back control of the metro it lost in 2016 and to ensure their man got the top job.