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Said in Council

Attendance

Who misses council meetings

From the City's own signed minutes: 65 meetings between 26 January 2023 and 20 March 2026. Every figure links back to the minutes it came from.

Absences without leave
143
not present and not excused
Leaves of absence granted
1 174
7% of seats per meeting
Meetings in the record
65
signed minutes, read in full
Sittings with no minutes yet
17
streamed since 20 March 2026

Most often missing

Ranked by share of meetings while on council, for councillors with at least 10 meetings in the record.

Absent without leave

  1. 1M M Nyaqela 3/27
  2. 2Garry Ramaru DA5/62
  3. 3Nkhobo Khomongoe ANC2/29
  4. 4Jacob Dinkwanyana Aphane ActionSA2/36
  5. 5Ramatamo Joseph Sehoai ActionSA2/36
  6. 6Hendrik Bodenstein DA1/19
  7. 7Louis Mamoloko Masoga ActionSA3/64
  8. 8Florence Cheryl Roberts DA3/64
  9. 9Thapelo Amad Al Jama-ah3/65
  10. 10Angela Sobey ActionSA1/24

Leaves of absence

  1. 1Chahracan Jeffrey Amod DA23/40
  2. 2Christobel Thandiwe Nontenja UDM11/28
  3. 3Florence Cheryl Roberts DA22/64
  4. 4Mandla Stanley Mokoena APC11/34
  5. 5Ayanda Mchunu ActionSA17/55
  6. 6Timothy Francis Truluck DA19/64
  7. 7David Stanley Dewes DA17/62
  8. 8Z Jainoodeen ActionSA15/55
  9. 9Norman Fana Mkhonza ACDP17/64
  10. 10Esmie Liebenberg ActionSA15/58

Arrived late

  1. 1Chloé Homer DA4/19
  2. 2Kenny Kunene PA12/63
  3. 3Joslyn Cherry PA5/28
  4. 4Sello Morero ANC11/64
  5. 5Dwain Adin Ponsonby PA10/65
  6. 6M M Nyaqela 4/27
  7. 7Juwairiya Kaldine PA8/65
  8. 8Kyle Jacobs DA6/49
  9. 9Nkosikhona Maxwell Khanyile IFP7/65
  10. 10Dalsy Bantlhoi Manganyi IFP7/65

Left early

  1. 1Kenny Kunene PA9/63
  2. 2Ennie Makhafola EFF7/63
  3. 3M Tshwaku EFF7/63
  4. 4Alex Christians DA7/64
  5. 5M Cook GOOD4/38
  6. 6Vinotharan Mogambaram Reddy DA6/63
  7. 7Dwain Adin Ponsonby PA6/65
  8. 8Vasco Manuel Da Gama DA5/64
  9. 9Ronald Winston Harris ACDP5/64
  10. 10Norman Fana Mkhonza ACDP5/64

In the chamber

From the 10 sitting days transcribed so far. 87 interruptions were sound or equipment problems; those are the venue's, not anyone's record. 99 events name someone we couldn't match to exactly one councillor, so they appear on no councillor's page.

The executive absent for its own business (28)

  • 30 September 2026 01:00:59Cllr Kunene: MMC responsible for item 13 (MTC Service Delivery Agreement addendum) not in the meeting.
  • 30 September 2026 06:07:28Cllr Masuku: MMC Finance did not respond to close item 10; MMC Makhafola closed instead.
  • 30 September 2026 06:42:25Cllr Radebe: Member in charge of item 14 (Finance Committee Chairperson) did not respond; chair asked for another Finance Committee member to table the item.
  • 30 September 2026 06:51:00Cllr Masuku: MMC Masuku did not respond to repeated calls to respond on item 14 (portfolio not stated); MMC Mgcina responded instead.
  • 30 September 2026 08:19:53Cllr Koma: MMC for the disaster management items (portfolio not stated) did not respond; another MMC was asked to close.
  • 30 September 2026 08:37:08Cllr Makhafola: MMC for Social Development was not available on item 24; another MMC responded on her behalf.
  • 27 August 2026 00:11:13MMC for Human Settlements absent for the question; leader of executive business replied.
  • 27 August 2026 00:24:20Cllr Morero: Executive Mayor absent for Executive Mayor's Question Time.
  • 27 August 2026 00:28:43Member in charge of the committee for item 32 not present; an acting member tabled it.
  • 27 August 2026 02:06:39Chair of MPAC not present for item 29; another member presented the item.
  • 26 August 2026 01:05:46Cllr Morero: Executive Mayor absent so questions to the Mayor were deferred to the next day.
  • 26 August 2026 03:07:03Cllr Morero: A speaker referred to the Executive Mayor as absent from the sitting.
  • 26 August 2026 03:56:28Cllr Zungu: Another MMC responded for MMC Zungu on the Corporate and Shared Services item.
  • 26 August 2026 05:51:57The chair asked where the executive was before resuming business.
  • 26 August 2026 06:03:14Cllr Kunene: The MMC responsible for item 5 appears not to have been present; MMC Amad responded and said he would pass on the inputs.
  • 26 August 2026 06:53:03Cllr Mabaso: MMC Mabaso did not respond on item 9; chair then called MMC Mgcina to respond.
  • 22 July 2026 02:20:56Cllr Kaldine: Chair of the Development Planning Section 79 Committee was absent for items 1 to 3; another committee member presented.
  • 22 July 2026 02:45:33Cllr Mgcina: MMC for Development Planning did not respond at first when called to reply; she replied after a delay.
  • 22 July 2026 03:59:06Cllr Cook: Finance committee member in charge for items 14-16 was absent; another committee member presented.
  • 22 July 2026 03:48:38Cllr Morero: Executive Mayor described as absent from the chamber by a speaker.
  • 22 July 2026 05:35:53Cllr Mogapi: Health member in charge absent; chair asks for another Health councillor to present items 17 to 19.
  • 22 July 2026 05:51:53Cllr Mpolobosho: Human Settlements member in charge absent; another councillor asked to table items 20 to 22.
  • 22 July 2026 07:16:08Cllr Koma: Public Safety MMC absent; MMC Makhafola responded on his behalf.
  • 22 July 2026 07:23:19Cllr Kunene: Transport MMC absent for items 27 to 33, as stated by a DA speaker.
  • 22 July 2026 08:19:40Cllr Morero: Mayor absent for the Petitions report; MMC Mgcina asked to respond.
  • 25 June 2026 00:06:03Cllr Morero: Executive Mayor announced as absent; Deputy Executive Mayor acted.
  • 25 June 2026 03:03:20Cllr J. Mofokeng: Member in charge for Item 87 (Rules Committee report) was apparently not present; Councillor Nkubungu acted in his place.
  • 25 June 2026 06:14:51Cllr Raphadu: Member in charge for items 5 and 6 was absent; another committee member acted.

Not present when called (93)

  1. Thembelani Nenemba5/10
  2. Ronald Winston Harris4/10
  3. Dumisani Dladla4/10
  4. Cynbetha Phumla Nhlapo4/10
  5. Saseka Lorrein Zitha4/10
  6. Lebogang Cleopatra Modukanene3/10
  7. Selby Sello Mabelebele3/10
  8. Roshudufhadzwa Nethamba3/10
  9. Ntswaki Lydia Ntoele3/10
  10. Philangezwi Bongani Nkwanyana2/10