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Hon Mayor Eugene Johnson comes from humble beginnings born in 1963 as of of five children to Elizabeth-Ann, Theone City Matlosana Municipality is asituated unionistapproximately and lay preacher, 164and km David Johnson, a factory worker at the Ford South West of Johannesburg, Motor Company. Mayor Johnson spent strategically located on the N12 most of her formative life in Arcadia, a Treasure Route, which is the North West northern township of Gqeberha, leaving Province’s primary tourism corridor. Arcadia High School in 1980 to join the resistance movement against Apartheid. The entry scenicinto N12politics starts would from come Her Mpumalanga and isfloor the gateway to through the factory as a NAAWU the Western The shop stewardCape at theProvince. tender age of route 17 takes you eMalahleni, years. Afterfrom just three years astoa the shop steward, Johnson Province would beand elected vibrant Gauteng the as a national executive of NAAWU Sterkfontein Cradlemember of Humankind and become theSite, first and female deputy to World Heritage continues president responsible for gender at Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, Kimberley, NUMSA. Her tenure in South African Beaufort West, up until George. national unionism would span over a decade.
It is the Transformation of the N12 Treasure Route that has unlocked In 1994, after leaving the factory regional resulted floor and opportunities union politics, and Johnson was in massive activity and mobility along the employed as a creditors and accounts Matlosana the corridor. clerk at Autoportion Plastics.ofOver the next It has a multi-dimensional character that fifteen years she would build extensive has createdinemployment, enhanced experience finance and corporate commuter movement, enhanced governance in the private sector. investment opportunities, increased Johnson served as founding member economic activity, etc. of the Institute of Retirement Funds of South Africa, the Board of WHY VISIT THEchaired CITY OF Trustees of Auto Plastics and Faurecia MATLOSANA? Employees Provident Funds, and headed Auto Plastics and Faurecia’s Employment Create unforgettable memories Equity and Skills Development Boards.
at our quality business and leisure accommodation which With the dawn of venues democracy, Johnson include conferencing, wedding and joined the ANC and became involved spa facilities. The City has a wealth of in the regional structures of the attractions for visitors: organisation. She served as branch
chairperson of Ward 7 and cluster • Adventure tourism in the co-ordinator of ANC branches northern areas of Gqeberha. • Wildlife tourism Between 2001 and Medical 2009, Johnson served on the • tourism ANC Nelson Mandela Regional Executive • Wellness tourism
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Committee. In 2010 she was elected to the National Executive Committee of the South African National Civic Organisation Create and served inunforgettable the ANC Eastern Cape memories at League our from 2015 to Provincial Women’s quality business and 2018.
leisure accommodation Johnson hadwhich an impressive stint in local venues include and national government between conferencing, wedding 2005 andspa 2016.facilities. She was elected to the and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Council
in 2005. After leaving the councilHUB in 2010, MATLOSANA AS A MEDICAL Johnson would go on to join Statistics
South Africa in its census program, To us health care is of paramount and serve on the National Economic importance as a healthy city is Development and Labour Council of productive and constitutes prosperity. South Africa. In 2016 she was an aid in We boast well-developed medical the Office of the ANC Parliamentary facilities, which enhances and Chief Whip. promotes the competitive advantage of Matlosana a major Medical would Hub Between 2017 as and 2020, Johnson in West Province. Services putthe herNorth experience in governance and include: general private medical administration to and use as an entrepreneur, fascilities, and dental consultant,casualty/trauma and corporate governance expert. She would workfocus as a consultant services. Most clinics on primary for the Swedish backed NGO, The health care services.
Ubutyebi Trust, setting up a new human settlements program in Nelson Mandela Bay, and served as chairperson The city prides itself on having of the Donkin Hospital Board and the five private hospitals, two government Gelvandale Frail Care Board. hospitals, including the largest
state hospital in the North West Mayor Eugene Johnson has an Province and 15 clinics including impressive track record in public service mobile clinics. It also boasts the only and private sector leadership. However, fully contained oncology unit her in the she is often found highlighting most North West Province, which offers important achievements as raising her athree comprehensive four children, andservice being aatgrandmother pathological laboratories to five grandchildren. She isand alsohas a the latest MRI scanner the in her devout Christian, deeplyatrooted religious teaching radiology unit. of justice for the poor, compassion for the vulnerable and service to the needy. PRIME LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT Hon.Development Mayor EugeneRoute Johnson N12 washas taken the reigns at a time when the identified by the municipality municipality faces a plethora of as a flagship project for golden crises, but her energy and passion opportunities in the following sectors: for getting the work done and her housing, business, heritage, compassion for the industrial, communities she mining, sport asto well as serves is tourism, her driving force complete recreation. the tasks at hand.
