LISTEN | Ex-politicians speak of life after leaving public office
Politics tamfitronics When Dr Mpho Phalatse was rendering medical services to some of the poorest people in SA, she was touched by the abject poverty she came across and thought she would be able to make a real change if she joined politics.After a friend convinced her, she became a DA councillor, was later an MMC under Herman Mashaba, then was elected as mayor of the City of Joburg.However, politics later left her disillusioned and unable to help the most vulnerable people as she had intended and “it didn’t make sense to stay”.“When I was MMC, I could point to a lot of things that I changed because I was focused on delivering the work. There wasn’t much interruption. We did a lot of programmes, extended hours of service in clinics, we...
