Kenny Kunene

Attendance

Present

51

Leave of absence

11

Absent without leave

1

Arrived late

12

Left early

9

Reasons given for leave: Party business (4), Private business (3), Council business (3), Ill health (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

3

Average wait to start

9 s

Average greetings first

13 s

Apology or leave of absence (9)

• 27 Aug 2026 · 00:03:54Party business. Named alongside Ponsonby as on party business out of the province. sitting
• 27 Aug 2026 · 00:11:03Party business. PA MMC on party business out of the province. sitting
• 26 Aug 2026 · 00:39:50Party business. Out of the province on party business. sitting
• 22 Jul 2026 · 00:50:20Official duty. MMC on leave of absence for council business. sitting
• 25 Jun 2026 · 00:50:23Leaving early. MMC will leave early; no time given. sitting
• 25 Jun 2026 · 08:52:25Leaving early. MMC Kunene asked to leave early. sitting
• 24 Jun 2026 · 00:26:07Leaving early. PA notified early departure. sitting
• 28 May 2026 · 00:43:14Arriving late. PA MMC will arrive late. sitting
• 26 May 2026 · 00:16:08Arriving late. Running late because of council business. sitting

Warned or stopped by the chair (2)

• 30 Sept 2026 · 09:53:21Chair refuses a further point of order from MMC Kunene. sitting
• 28 May 2026 · 00:30:19Chair asked MMC Kunene to apologise over the belt incident of the previous day. sitting

In their words

Every time the chair gave them the floor in a transcribed sitting (3), 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 · 10:07:48Motion 2: Traffic calming on Clarendon and Corondon Place, Hillbrow · 23 s

  Read what they said (57 words)

  Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker.

  Yes, sir. Yes, Councilor.

  I'm happy that a frivolous motion was withdrawn because it really wastes uh council time to bring motions here

  You are wasting our time, MMC Kunene. You are wasting our time.

  that are supposed to follow a process, a process that residents follow, which is a process of petition.

• 25 Jun 2026 · 03:01:54Unknown · 10 s

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  Thank you, Madam Speaker. Councillor Santana and Councillor Christians, Madam Speaker, basketball and rugby did not win. Bafana Bafana won. Thank you.

• 25 Jun 2026 · 01:46:2265 · 4 min 13 s

  Read what they said (537 words)

  Greetings, Madam Speaker. Greetings to the Executive Mayor, Madam Masuku. Oh, I said Executive Mayor. Okay, it's fine. Chair of Chairs, Chief Whip in absentia, Chairperson of Section 79 on Transport, the Chief Whip of the Patriotic Alliance, and the PA 10 Councillors that are in council.

  Madam Speaker, let me give context. In 2023, after I became the MMC of Transport, I signed a protocol agreement with the taxi industry, of which was SANTACO and NTA, and in the light of that document, we then had discussions. And out of those discussions, one of the issues I raised was the management of the taxi ranks.

  Madam Speaker, this report did not fall from a tree. It's part of the vision that I've brought to the Transport Department. The taxi industry took me to a taxi rank in Randburg that they've been running for 20 years. That taxi rank in Randburg is very clean, well run, and security is very tight. They have optometrists on site that test the eyes of the drivers every now and then. They've got companies that are selling spares to the taxis on site.

  And as part of my vision, we also negotiated with JPC to allocate the land next to the taxi rank, which was used as a dumping site, to use it as a holding area for the taxis as they were parking on the road. They also took me to a taxi rank in Orange Farm, which was donated to them by PRASA or Transnet. Very clean and very safe. That's where we keep our equipment when we are doing work in Orange Farm.

  In the light of that, I then instructed the team to find a piece of legislation that will support the user rights so that we can then bring to council a report where we give the taxi associations the right to manage our taxis. It is my view that they live there every day, 24/7, and they've demonstrated with the taxi ranks that I have seen, that I have visited, that they are capable of managing our taxi ranks and keeping them clean.

  Yes, indeed, we need a feasibility study. I brought this report in 2023 to council. However, Section 79 of Economic Development then required to interrogate it. We are here now that the two Section 79s have supported this feasibility study, and we are on our way to finalizing the contractual issues. I think ActionSA went too much into the contractual issues; we are not yet there. We are on the feasibility study.

  And I concur with the Councillor from EFF that our taxi ranks are not well run. There are companies that are being paid every month, yet our taxi ranks are filthy, yet there is no proper security at our taxi ranks. So this goes a long way in shaping a good relationship with the city and the taxi associations.

  Let me appreciate the Democratic Alliance, ActionSA, EFF, African National Congress, the Patriotic Alliance, and all the parties of the GLU for supporting this particular report. And Madam Speaker, salute Bafana Bafana, salute Minister Gayton McKenzie! Your aura has taken Bafana Bafana to the next round. Thank you very much. Salute!

Spoke on

• 30 Sept 2026 · 09:46:48Motion 1: DA speech and points of order about 'ANC motion'
• 30 Sept 2026 · 10:06:35Motion 2: Traffic calming at Clarendon Place, Hillbrow, withdrawn
• 25 Jun 2026 · 01:32:52Item 65: Feasibility study on public transport facility management models
• 25 Jun 2026 · 02:53:34Vote on preceding item and DA queries

Offices held

• MMC for Transport · 3 February 2023 to 28 August 2025sourceend date approximate
• MMC for Transport · 17 October 2025 to nowsourcestart date approximate