Joburg council · Thursday, 29 January 2026 · 8 h 10 min

35th Ordinary Council Meeting

Johannesburg council voted 107 to 87, with 37 abstentions, to establish an Executive Deputy Mayor after a division of the house at its first meeting of 2026. The DA, arguing the city cannot afford the post, and the EFF opposed it; ActionSA proposed a cost-neutral model, and the ACDP's late request to abstain was refused because voting had closed. On a second division, council approved the Soweto Gateway land item by 170 to 39 with 23 abstentions, and agreed on voices to amend the Wanderers development lease, currently R49 a year.

54 chapters · 9 promises · 20 decisions

AI draft summary (claude-opus-5-5) of the City's livestream, checked against the chapters, not yet reviewed by a person.