Sad Note! Johannesburg Executive Mayor Geoff Makhubo Dies From Covid-19 Complications

Sad Note! Johannesburg Executive Mayor Geoff Makhubo Dies From Covid-19 Complications. The virus claims the life of yet another of a public figure. In January this year, we lost Minister Jackson Mthembu who passed away from Covid-19 complications. In March eNCA’s Karima Brown, also succumbed to Covid-19.

Another well known person, Geoff Makhubo has died of Covid-19 related complications, at 53 years. Makhubo passed away on Friday after being hospitalized last week. Makhubu served as the Mayor of Johannesburg from December 2019 until his death from COVID-19 in July 2021.

The family has requested to be afforded privacy and space as they process the untimely passing of one of their own. Mourners are also discouraged from gathering at the home of the late Executive Mayor.

Makhubu was a member of the African National Congress and the party’s regional chair. During the administration of Parks Tau, he served as the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance. He also held the roles of Leader of Executive Business in Council and Chairperson of the Governance Cluster when Tau was mayor.

He had held senior leadership roles in the African National Congress’s Greater Johannesburg Region. He was the regional treasurer before he became the regional leader in July 2018. He was appointed as the caucus leader of the ANC in the city council after the resignation of Parks Tau in May 2019.

On 28 November 2019, the African National Congress announced that it had nominated Makhubo for the position of mayor following the resignation of the Democratic Alliance’s Herman Mashaba. He was officially elected to the office on 4 December 2019 after he received 137 out of 268 votes.

We send our sincere condolences to Makhubu’s family, his loved ones, the African National Congress and South Africa at large.