The Bill Episode 20: The mayoral power plays shaping South Africa's cities
The Bill · 27 November 2025 · 23m
Speaker 1: Welcome to them all where we talk politics, parliament, and a little bit of pop Speaker 1: culture. Speaker 2: Hiding Tora, I'm good, but I have a key question for you. What is that Speaker 2: question? Do you want to be the mayor of Cape Town? Speaker 1: Yes, I would want to be the mayor of Cape Town, But I think there's Speaker 1: a different question to be asked. Do I have the political ambition to be the Speaker 1: mayor of the city of Cape Town? And the answer is no. Speaker 3: I want to be the mayor of joe Burg. And I've come to this conclusion Speaker 3: as someone who's only ever loved in Joburg for one year whole year of my Speaker 3: twenty one years of loving, is that everyone wants to be the mayor of joe Speaker 3: Burgh, and so why not me? Is the question I've asked myself recently. Everyone wants Speaker 3: to be the mayor of Cape Down. Everyone wants to be the mayor of joe Speaker 3: Burg. Clearly, loving and a place doesn't give you any capability to the issues in Speaker 3: that area. Because Liam Jacobs, who has never lived in Cape Down in his entirety Speaker 3: and his life, now wants to be our mayor. Speaker 2: So Helen wants to be the may of joe Burgh. Maybe I should give averyan Speaker 2: for our money. Speaker 1: Well, seeing if we're talking about Liam, let us talk about other Patriotic Alliance leaders Speaker 1: who've never lived in communities or municipalities where they were mayor. Kate and Mackenzie. He Speaker 1: probably only drove through Beauford West on the N one. He was mayor of…
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