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Jongizizwe Dlabathi

Jongizizwe Dlabathi

Jongizizwe Dlabathi is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC), which sources describe as centrist to centre-left.

Party
African National Congress
Political position

Centre · Where sources place the party (African National Congress)
Wikipedia: generally considered centrist to centre-left (African National Congress)
Ideology: developmental state, radical economic transformation

20%Probability · Mayor of Ekurhuleni (Germiston)?

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He is Ekurhuleni's finance and strategy member of the mayoral committee and was the ANC's Ekurhuleni regional secretary until his resignation in September 2026. He is named among the ANC's possible mayoral candidates for Ekurhuleni in the 4 November 2026 local government elections.

Career

Dlabathi was appointed Ekurhuleni's Finance MMC in July 2024 under Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza. He resigned as ANC regional secretary in February 2026, citing differences with Xhakaza, but party structures asked him to stay. In August 2026 an attempt by Xhakaza to remove him as finance MMC was reversed by ANC Gauteng officials. On 7 September 2026 he resigned as regional secretary a second time, and the ANC accepted it. Daily Maverick reports he reportedly received the most nominations for the ANC's list and was ranked first by the regional vetting panel.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Daily Maverick · Daily Maverick · Wikipedia

  1. Jongizizwe Dlabathi 20%
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Aug 19Sep 15Oct 13

Mayor of Ekurhuleni (Germiston)?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Xolani KhumaloCentre-right41%
Jongizizwe DlabathiCentre20%
Khathutshelo RasilingwaneCentre3615%
Nthabiseng Tshivenga10%
Nomadlozi Nkosi9%
Nkosindiphile XhakazaCentre8%
Ntombi MekgweCentre615%
Thulani ShongweLeft2%
Pelisa NkunjanaCentre1%

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