LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘Mayor Yama2k’ — Ntsiki Mazwai trades armchair criticism for a shot as Joburg mayor

Announcing that her days as a ‘keyboard warrior’ are over, poet and podcaster Ntsiki Mazwai has thrown her hat into the ring in the race to become Johannesburg mayor in upcoming November elections. Despite lacking formal political experience, she argues her background as an outsider is exactly what frustrated voters need to rebuild the city.