The ANC-EFF coalition with minor parties in the City of Johannesburg is spending more on VIP bodyguards than any other city in South Africa, even as its finances are in trouble.
Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda of the three-seat Al Jama-ah party will have 10 bodyguards from the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department and eight cars from its fleet allocated to him. By comparison, Joburg's former mayor Mpho Phalatse had just three bodyguards, while Cape Town's mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has four.
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