Background
Masondo, Amos was born in 1953.
South Africa Mayor of Johannesburg
Masondo, Amos was born in 1953.
Student, Soweto, South Africa.
Joined South African Student's Movement, 1972. Incarcerated Robben Island, South Africa, 1975—1981. Joined General Allied Workers' Union, South Africa, 1981, organizer, 1983—1985, acting general secretary, 1985.
Detained, 1985—1986, 1986—1989. Secretary Witwatersrand region Congress South African Trade Unions, 1990—1993. Regional election coordinator African National Congress, South Africa, 1993—1994, member regional executive committee, member national executive committee, since 1997.
Member, minister health Guateng Provincial Executive Committee, South Africa, 1994—1998, political advisor to the premier, 1998—2000. Executive mayor City of Johannesburg, since 2000. Member Soweto Civic Association, Committee of Ten, South Africa.
Founding member, member first interim executive committee United Democratic Front, South Africa.
He is a member of the African National Congress, and was the first elected mayor of the Unified City of Johannesburg.
After he was released, he served as a member of the Soweto Civic Association, and was again detained under the emergency regulations from June 1985 to March 1986, and again from July 1986 to 1989. He was also elected as a member of the Gauteng Legislature, and was subsequently elected to serve as Mayor of Johannesburg in 2000.