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Geoffrey Makhubo biography, age, profile, education & mayor

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Geoffrey Makhubo (born 8 February 1968 in Soweto) is a South African politician. He currently occupies the position of the Mayor of Johannesburg.

He belongs to the African National Congress (ANC) and serves as the regional chair of the party, ANC. He was a Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Finance during the administration of Parks Tau.

Profile

Geoffrey Makhubo biography
He is a politician and the incumbent Mayor of Johannesburg.
NameMoloantoa Geoffrey Makhubo
Born8 February 1968 (age 53 years)
Soweto
NationalitySouth African
GenderMale
Date of birth8 February 1968
ProfessionPolitician
PartyANC
PositionMajor of Johannesburg

Age

His date of birth is on the 8th of February 1968 and the place of birth is in Soweto, South Africa. Geoffrey Makhubo is 53 years old.

Education

He attended the University of Witwatersrand (Wits University) and obtained a BComm degree from the institution in 1990. Geoffrey has fulfilled several ‘Advanced Management’ courses.

Career

Geoffrey Makhubo profile
Johannesburg mayor, Geoff Makhubo speaking to the media.

He served as the Johannesburg MMC for finance during the tenure of Parks Tau as mayor.

Geoffrey has also occupied leadership roles in the Greater Johannesburg Region of ANC.

He also occupied the position of regional treasurer. In July 2018, he then served as the regional leader.

In 2019, after Parks Tau resigned, Geoffrey was appointed to the position of the ‘Caucus Leader‘ of the ANC in the city council.

Mayoralty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beHZM7uKRTU

In November 2019, the ANC made an announcement that it had nominated him for the position of Mayor. This followed after the resignation of Herman Mashaba.

The following month, on 4 December 2019, Geoffrey was officially elected to the post.

Though he occupied the position, he received accusations of ‘gross corruption’ by the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Democratic Alliance.

The corruption accusations were on payment of thirty million Rand to his company from Regiments Capital during his service as Financial MMC.

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