Ward 58 · Region F · 2021–2026 boundaries
Ward 58
Suburbs, as the City lists them: Vredepark, Fordsburg, Laanglagte, Amalgam, Mayfair, PaginerCity of Johannesburg, 2022 ward list
Ward councillor
2021–2026 council, from the City's own councillor list
Rickey Kashore Nair · ANC
Present at 64 of 65 council meetings (98%) between 26 January 2023 and 20 March 2026, according to the City's signed minutes: on leave 0 times, absent without leave 1 time.
The councillors elected on 4 November 2026 aren't on this site yet; the 2026 wards were redrawn, so a new ward 58 may cover different suburbs.
Said in council
610 transcribed sitting days, 26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026
Agenda items (AI-drafted summaries)
- 24 June 2026, 01:08:03
Eskom debate: Cllr Meyers (DA) as proposer
Cllr Meyers says Eskom plans to cut power to the Crowthorne, Allandale, Beyers Naude and Fordsburg substations over unpaid debt. He says the Mayor's assurances on 26 May were contradicted, and the DA handed in a 5,000-signature petition. Eskom extended the date to 17 July. He asks the executive to explain its plan to protect about 100,000 residents.
Names Fordsburg, which the City's ward list puts only in Ward 58
In their words (AI transcript, unedited)
- 30 September 2026, 08:11:12
“our bylaws are being implemented and enforced, we won't have the situation we have, especially in the inner city wards and sad, Madam Speaker, I don't know when last you've been to Ward 58. Yoh, I've been begging and begging and I'm getting no response, but Ward 58 is on total downgrade and it all comes down to lack of bylaw enforcement, lack of law and…”
During “Items 21-23: Cllr Nair (ANC) on the disaster management items” · Names Ward 58
- 30 September 2026, 08:17:16
“…this going to be implemented. Madam Speaker, I want to round up. I know it's late and everybody wants to go, but I need to address one issue and the issue of another disaster that I believe inner city wards, could be happening elsewhere, but most inner city wards is facing is that if we have extraordinary rain, and I'm going to speak for my ward, if I have heavy rain for a week, lots of suburbs in my ward will be underwater, will be flooded,”
During “Items 21-23: Cllr Nair (ANC) on the disaster management items” · Cllr Nair, Ward 58's councillor, says "my ward"
- 30 September 2026, 08:17:50
“and the same goes for other inner city and wards that are bordering the inner city. Madam Speaker, I want to appeal to you and the Mayoral Committee that some pressure be put on JRA to engage the MMC for JRA that some work be done, especially in Ward 58. Ward 58 has been so neglected…”
During “Items 21-23: Cllr Nair (ANC) on the disaster management items” · Names Ward 58
- 30 September 2026, 08:18:22
“the residents of Ward 58 will know that I have spoken to every to the highest authorities in the city about the drain situation in Ward 58. With that said, Madam Speaker, I think we as the ANC we're going to abstain on this one. This report needs to go back…”
During “Items 21-23: Cllr Nair (ANC) on the disaster management items” · Names Ward 58
- 22 July 2026, 07:13:45
“…want to take this opportunity to compliment our Executive Mayor, who's taken upon himself to bring back law and order in the inner city. And Mr. Mayor, do not stop there. We are encouraging you, come to our wards. I know you've been in my ward, but I would love you to come back and and do what you are doing in the city and let we send us a clear message to all residents of of the uh City of Joburg that”
During “Items 25-26: Public Safety performance” · Cllr Nair, Ward 58's councillor, says "my ward"
Promises
0Commitments that name the ward or its places, with their deadline clock
No promise in the transcribed sittings names this ward or its places.
Decisions and votes
0Items about the ward that council decided
No decision, vote or motion found that names this ward or its places.
How items are linked to this ward (no AI makes a link on its own): the text names "Ward 58"; or the ward's councillor says "my ward" while they have the floor (who has the floor is an AI reading of the transcript, checked against a quote); or it names a place that the City's 2022 ward list puts in this ward and no other. Every place-name match was read by hand; false friends (a street or person with a suburb's name) are excluded. A ward number in the text always wins over a place name. A promise also links here when a City document matched to it (by AI, then checked by hand) puts the project in this ward; AI matches nobody has checked don't count. Places that span several wards (Alexandra, Diepkloof, Orlando, most of Soweto) link nowhere, so this page misses items about them. Searched: 10 transcribed sitting days (26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026) and the votes and motions in 65 sets of signed minutes (26 January 2023 to 20 March 2026). Suburb list: City of Johannesburg, reproduced with acknowledgement for non-commercial use.