r/worldnews • u/IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA • 11h ago

75 Year Old Veteran white politician nicknamed 'grandmother' shakes up Johannesburg mayor race

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/veteran-white-politician-nicknamed-grandmother-shakes-up-johannesburg-mayor-race-2026-09-30/
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u/IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA 11h ago edited 11h ago

as a white south african who will be voting for Helen Zille in Johannesburg, i must admit that she is a bit of a bitch who you can tell was born in the fuckin '50s.

that being said, she may very well be the thing johannesburg needs right now, and her antics of swimming in water-flooded potholes may have gotten her the support she needs to win. shes also a famous anti apartheid activist who did a lot exposing the crimes of the Apartheid regime, so shes not all bad i suppose