Herman Mashaba, a past Wisconsin Forum speaker, is elected the mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa.
South African patriot, former Chairman of the Free Market Foundation, prolific writer and renown speaker Herman Mashaba was elected a mayor of the biggest city in Sub-Saharan Africa – City of Johannesburg. One of the leaders of the Democratic Alliance of South Africa Mashaba went head to head against incumbent mayor Parks Tau, but emerged victorious with 144 votes. Tau received 125 votes.
Links to stories below:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/das-mashaba-elected-joburg-mayor-2059847
Herman was on the NPR and BBC yesterday and today. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37161530