In a wide-ranging discussion on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, ActionSA's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, engaged host Eusebius McKaiser on his vision for the city.
Mashaba suggested he would prioritise both a skills audit and a lifestyle audit upon occupying the position of Johannesburg mayor in order to break corrupt patronage networks within the municipality. He explained what his views are on coalition politics and vehemently ruled out the possibility of a coalition with the ANC at any level of government. While open to local government coalitions with other parties, he also ruled out coalitions with the EFF at a national level in 2024 because of ideological differences.
Mashaba also responded to probing questions about how he might handle the effects of national energy insecurity and infrastructure decay.He ended the discussion with his reaction to the Constitutional Court judgment that declared police raids within the inner city, under his leadership, to have been unconstitutional.