Reverend Chris Mathebula of Hope Restoration Ministries in Kempton Park has been named as the Independent Citizen Movement’s (ICM) mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni ahead of the 2021 local government elections.

Mathebula said he was not surprised about being chosen as the movement’s candidate.

“My experience speaks for itself”, he said further explaining that he was born and bred in Tembisa, started his church in Tembisa, and got married in Tembisa.