As voters readied to go to the polls, the DA revealed that Joburg was in debt in the staggering amount of R2.842 billion, there was news that yet another rodent infestation had struck the city because of the Pikitup strike (http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article1029079.ece/Rodents-infest-Joburg-CBD) and an oversight committee for the City of Johannesburg revealed that overspending on salaries and under-spending on crucial investments had resulted in a utilities crisis.
The soon to be ex-mayor isn’t sure what he will be tackling next, but he did tell the Mail & Guardian that he would be free to lend the next mayor a hand if needed. "I guess I'll always be available to supplement the work that's being carried through. I will do whatever I am called upon to do,” Masondo said. If the ANC takes Johannesburg perhaps it may be useful for Masondo to teach the mayor-elect his stock phrase for dealing with a crisis: “There is no crisis.”
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