This is your city.
Joburg was built to be Africa's engine. In 2021, four in ten registered voters didn't turn out. The engine coughs. It can be fixed.
44% of Joburg's water never reaches a tap.
4,336 pipe bursts per month — 144 a day. Demand is ~1,790 ML/day; Rand Water allocates ~1,550. The maths doesn't work until the pipes do.
1.29 million forced power interruptions in six months.
Every dot is thousands of homes. Eskom is claiming R5.2bn in arrears from the City. The council you elect on 4 November either fixes this or doesn't.
~10 mayoral changes since you last voted.
We don't name names. We count changes. The churn is what happens when councils are decided by low turnout — a few hundred votes flip a ward, and a coalition unwinds.
135 wards. One of them is yours.
Each ward elects one person who answers for your water, your lights, your streets. Some ward races are decided by a few hundred votes.
One ballot for your ward.
One ballot for the city.
4 November.
Every statistic on this page is source-linked. Corrections: hello@votejoburg.co.za.