South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the new mayor of Johannesburg, following his death in a car crash aged 46. Jolidee Matongo had been campaigning with Mr Ramaphosa before the accident. His vehicle collided with a van while trying to avoid a pedestrian who had run on to the road, local media report. The pedestrian and the other vehicle’s driver also died, while Mr Matongo’s two bodyguards are being treated in hospital for their injuries. Mr Matongo only became mayor on 10 August following the death of his predecessor from Covid complications. Local media report he was the son of a Zimbabwean migrant, and had been a political activist in South Africa since the age of 13, campaigning against apartheid – a legalised system of racism that was in place at the time.(BBC)…[+]