Johannesburg, executive mayor, Parks Tau and his delegation left for Palestine on Sunday, the City of Johannesburg (COJ) said in a statement.
The COJ said Tau was leading “a delegation to Ramallah City in Palestine for the unveiling of a monumental statue of the former
president of the Republic of South Africa and global icon Nelson Mandela in that city”.
The COJ said: “The statue produced in South Africa and recently shipped to the Palestinian shores is a donation from Johannesburg to Ramallah as a symbol of solidarity with the people of Palestine amidst their ongoing struggles”.
Mayor Tau was accompanied by the Johannesburg Council’s Madam Speaker, Connie Bapela and Member of Mayoral Committee for Social Development and Health Nonceba Molwele.
