Mpho Phalatse

Mpho Phalatse
Phalatse in 2021
Mayor of Johannesburg
In office
26 October 2022 – 26 January 2023
Preceded byDada Morero (disputed)
Succeeded byThapelo Amad
In office
22 November 2021 – 30 September 2022
Preceded byMpho Moerane
Succeeded byDada Morero (disputed)
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development of Johannesburg
In office
26 August 2016 – 27 November 2019
MayorHerman Mashaba
Member of the Johannesburg City Council
In office
22 August 2016 – 30 September 2023
Personal details
Born
Mpho Louisa Phalatse

(1977-11-07) 7 November 1977 (age 47)
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Spouse(s)
Brutus Malada
(m. 2022; div. 2024)

Gerald Nxumalo
(m. 2024)
Children3
Alma materMEDUNSA (MBChB)
Occupation
  • Medical doctor
  • politician
Known for

Mpho Louisa Phalatse[1] (born 7 November 1977) is a South African medical doctor and politician who was the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she served in the position from 22 November 2021 until her ousting in a motion of no-confidence on 26 January 2023. She is the first woman to serve as mayor of the metropolitan municipality, which was established in 2000. She is the first black woman to serve as mayor of the city of Johannesburg and only the second female mayor of the city after Jessie McPherson, who served from 1945 to 1946.

From 2016 to 2019, Phalatse had served as the member of the mayoral committee (MMC) in Johannesburg for Health and Social Development.

  1. ^ "Mpho Louisa Phalatse". People's Assembly. Retrieved 27 January 2023.