Councillors
Who shows up
Attendance for every councillor from the City's own signed minutes: 65 meetings, 2023–2026. Chamber figures come from the 10 sitting days transcribed so far. Open a name for the meeting-by-meeting record.
The 2021–2026 council
One dot per councillor: 268 on the City's list of councillors (Sep 2026). Outlined on the left: the parties holding the Executive Mayor's office or a seat on the mayoral committee on 4 November 2026 (ANC, Al Jama-ah, EFF, IFP, PA), from our record of office holders. Parties with fewer than 4 seats share a grey dot. Tap or hover a dot for the councillor; click to open their page.
Governing parties 137
- ANC 88
- EFF 29
- PA 11
- IFP 6
- Al Jama-ah 3
Other parties 131
- DA 70
- ActionSA 44
- FF+ 4
- ACDP 3, AIC 2, African Heart Congress 1, APC 1, ATM 1, COPE 1, GOOD 1, PAC 1, UDM 1, UIM 1
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| Party | Seats | Ward | PR | Elected 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC · governing | 88 | 83 | 5 | 91 |
| EFF · governing | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| PA · governing | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| IFP · governing | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Al Jama-ah · governing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| DA | 70 | 42 | 28 | 71 |
| ActionSA | 44 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| FF+ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| ACDP | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| AIC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| African Heart Congress | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| APC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ATM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| COPE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GOOD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| UDM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| UIM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wards 1–135, 2021–2026 council. Don't know your ward? "Use my location" finds it on the ward map inside your browser: your location is never sent anywhere. Checking your voter registration on the IEC website also shows it.
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Absent without leave: not listed as present or excused in the signed minutes of a meeting held while they were on council, with no similar name that day. Click a column heading to sort.
List changes, 2021–2026 council
The IEC declared a first list of elected councillors on 9 November 2021 and an amended list on 19 November 2021, before the council first sat. Between the two, these proportional-list seats changed hands. The people dropped never sat in this term and count in none of the figures above.
- ACDPDulton Keith Adams replaced by Ronald Winston Harris
- DAPatrick George Atkinson replaced by Jeffrey Leonard Pietersen and Alex Christians
- DANtombi Valencia Khumalo replaced by Jeffrey Leonard Pietersen and Alex Christians
Sources: IEC first list · IEC amended list