Thapelo Amad

Attendance

Present

57

Leave of absence

5

Absent without leave

3

Arrived late

2

Left early

2

Reasons given for leave: Private business (2), Ill health (2), Party business (1).

"Absent without leave" means the signed minutes of a meeting held while they were on council neither list them as present nor excuse them, and no similar name appears that day, so misspellings in the minutes don't count against anyone. Each square links to the minutes.

In the chamber

From the 10 sittings transcribed so far in their term. Times are approximate, to the nearest transcript line.

Not present when called

0

Times given the floor

5

Average wait to start

7 s

Average greetings first

6 s

Apology or leave of absence (5)

• 26 Aug 2026 · 00:36:57Official duty. Will arrive late due to council business. sitting
• 22 Jul 2026 · 00:46:30Official duty. On council business and will arrive late. sitting
• 25 Jun 2026 · 00:55:10Arriving late. MMC arriving late. sitting
• 25 Jun 2026 · 08:52:25Arriving late. MMC Amad arrived late and also asked to leave early. sitting
• 28 May 2026 · 00:38:17Other reason. Absent at mosque for Eid. sitting

In their words

Every time the chair gave them the floor in a transcribed sitting (5), newest first. The words are the AI transcript of that stretch of the livestream (Argon), so they can include the chair or an interjection; the time link is the place to check.

• 30 Sept 2026 · 09:59:10Motion 1: Renaming Wolmarans Street · 29 s

  Read what they said (51 words)

  Thank you, Madam Speaker. As you would hear, the proposer had requested that we put the motion into the table so that council either vote otherwise and let the community decide whether or not through the public participation. So I'm noting and requesting that we put it to vote. Thank you.

• 30 Sept 2026 · 09:04:36Item 29: Naming of unnamed streets in Alexandra, Ward 75 · 7 s

  Read what they said (13 words)

  Thank you, Speaker, once more. Um we request council to approve. Thank you.

• 30 Sept 2026 · 08:57:59Item 28: Renaming to honour Don Mattera and local icons · 21 s

  Read what they said (47 words)

  Thank you, Speaker. Um I would like to pass my greetings to the Executive Mayor, the DEM, MMCs, uh and councillors. I would like council to approve this report, Speaker, and I would also like to wish them well for their endeavor into the elections. Thank you.

• 26 Aug 2026 · 06:03:145 · 25 s

  Read what they said (49 words)

  Thank you so much, Speaker. Councillor Harris and all the councillors who have made the input, I will indeed escalate the inputs to MMC Kunene. We welcome those inputs, and I will also tell him to be like the MMC who's responsible for City Parks and Zoo. Thank you.

• 25 Jun 2026 · 06:10:21Items 1-4 · 3 min 19 s

  Read what they said (350 words)

  Thank you, Speaker. Good afternoon. Deputy

  Councillor Shumba, I need to listen to the MMC.

  Good afternoon, Speaker and councillors. I would also like to greet the residents of the City of Johannesburg. And I would like to congratulate Bafana Bafana.

  Mina esami niyasibona mosi? Sibhekene kahle.

  So, but in hindsight, Councillor Shumba, the question

  ya Small Street,

  it was a question

  ya boikobelo,

  not

  ya gore batho ba tsamaye. Wa bona, rona

  we foster social cohesion in the city because we are a city that also is a custodian

  ya bofaladi. Wena o batla go ba tsamaisa, o ba tsamaisise.

  I would like to perhaps, through you Speaker, advise my fellow friend, Mazibuko, to say in life there's three types of people: and one is an optimist, the second one is a pessimist, and the third person is a chronic complainer. So, an optimist is the one who sees good

  in bad. So, we appreciate our shortcoming as a city, and we believe that in line with the 11 strategic priorities of the Executive Mayor, since we came from Lekgotla of the Executive Mayor, the EMT Lekgotla, we have a line item and a plan to resolve the challenges that we are facing as the city.

  Remember we are a city of gold that is better than Cape Town. We are a city of the gold and the beautiful. So, we need to write our story as the city by appreciating our shortcoming. And Councillor Harris, you'd know that this is the only city that has, in the whole of Africa, we have facilities

  that we can celebrate, the state-of-the-art facilities. The Bafana Bafana that you saw playing yesterday, they came from one of these facilities in the City of Joburg, which is we need to take pride because we are celebrating Bafana Bafana as a product of what we are custodian of. Councillor Coogan, thank you so much.

  In our area of development, we'll definitely identify the concerns that you've raised. And in so doing, I would like to ask council to note the report. Thank you, Speaker.

Spoke on

• 30 Sept 2026 · 08:52:06Item 28: Public consultation on renamings honouring Don Mattera and local icons
• 30 Sept 2026 · 09:00:58Item 29: Naming of unnamed streets in Alexandra, Ward 75
• 30 Sept 2026 · 09:55:19Motion 1: ANC position, MMC Amad and proposer's reply
• 26 Aug 2026 · 06:02:57Item 5: MMC response and agreement
• 25 Jun 2026 · 06:08:34ANC response, MMC Amad's reply and approval of items 1-4

Offices held

• Executive Mayor · 27 January 2023 to 24 April 2023source
• MMC for Community Development · 13 May 2026 to nowsourcestart date approximate

Promises

• 26 Aug 2026 · 06:03:14MMC Amad will pass the councillors' inputs on the Item 5 by-laws to MMC Kunene.
• 25 Jun 2026 · 06:13:23MMC Amad committed to identify and address the concerns raised by councillors in the Community Development debate.