# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mpho-phalatse
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:22:44.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mpho-phalatse"
name: "Mpho Phalatse"
slug: "mpho-phalatse"
description: "Mpho Louisa Phalatse is a South African medical doctor and politician who was the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she served in the position from 22 November 2021 until her ousting in a motion of no-confidence on 26 January 2023. She is the first woman to serve as mayor of the metropolitan municipality, which was established in 2000. She is the first black woman to serve as mayor of the city of Johannesburg and only the second female mayor of the city after Jessie McPherson, who served from 1945 to 1946."
tagline: "South African medical doctor and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mpho_Phalatse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1977-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.11
  momentum:             3.668639053254438
  historical:           4.633264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpho_Phalatse"
    title: "Mpho Phalatse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpho_Phalatse"
    title: "Mpho Phalatse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpho_Phalatse"
    title: "Mpho Phalatse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9C%D1%84%D0%BE"
    title: "Фалатсе, Мфо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpho_Phalatse"
    title: "Mpho Phalatse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109682887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump