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Council, week by week
Round-ups of each council week and explainers on the issues council keeps coming back to. Each is an AI draft from this site's record of the sittings: every sentence links to the moments it rests on, and code drops any sentence whose numbers or names aren't in them. None has been checked by a person.
This week in council
30 September 2026 · 1 sitting day
Funding plan for capital budget not carried: 117 for, 93 against, short of 136The 55th Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on 30 September 2026 did not carry the borrowing plan, carried the MTC and Crown North items, and rejected a street renaming motion.
26 August 2026 to 27 August 2026 · 3 sitting days
Johannesburg council, week of 24 August 2026The 39th Ordinary Council Meeting on 26 and 27 August 2026 and the 54th Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on 27 August: votes, rulings, executive answers and an unfinished agenda.
30 July 2026 · 1 sitting day
Johannesburg council approves 2024/25 annual report with reservationsThe 53rd Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on 30 July 2026 agreed the annual report and MPAC oversight report by acclamation; EFF councillors had login problems and the Speaker's microphone failed.
22 July 2026 · 1 sitting day
52nd Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting: Q3 reports agreed, items 39-41 in-committeeThe week's one sitting, on 22 July 2026, took disciplinary board items in-committee, agreed third-quarter reports by voice and heard MMCs on Alexandra and Maxwell Court.
24 June 2026 to 25 June 2026 · 2 sitting days
Council carries Auckland Park motion 104 for, 58 against and De Beer Street renamingTwo sitting days of the 38th Ordinary Council Meeting, 24 and 25 June 2026: counted votes, metro trading reforms, an Eskom debate, an IT outage and quorum counts.
26 May 2026 to 28 May 2026 · 2 sitting days
Budget of R97.1 billion passes 139 for, 92 against; KfW loan carried 181 to 44Two sittings: the 51st Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on 26 May 2026 approved a KfW loan, and the Budget Debate on 28 May 2026 passed the 2026/27 budget.
Explainers
26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Budget and finances in council, 26 May to 30 September 2026How council debated and voted on the 2026/27 budget, the KfW loan, a borrowing plan, the turnaround framework, in-year reports and irregular expenditure, 26 May to 30 September 2026.
26 May 2026 to 26 August 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Electricity in Johannesburg council, May to August 2026What council said and decided on City Power's KfW loan, Eskom's threatened substation cut-offs, trading reform and a GEF grant, 26 May 2026 to 26 August 2026.
26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Governance and appointments in Johannesburg council, May to September 2026How Johannesburg council dealt with senior appointments, irregular expenditure, the ethics code and Alderman titles across 10 sitting days from 26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026.
24 June 2026 to 30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Health and social development in Johannesburg council, June to September 2026Council's discussion of Health and Social Development reports, clinics, an HIV/AIDS grant and social development strategy and policy items across 5 sitting days, June to September 2026.
28 May 2026 to 30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Housing and land in Johannesburg council, 28 May to 30 September 2026Council debates, decisions and promises on informal settlements, Human Settlements reports, land sales and leases, and inner-city buildings across 6 sitting days.
30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Lilian Ngoyi Street: rehabilitation project and trading designation MMC says is on holdWhat City of Johannesburg newsroom articles reported about Lilian Ngoyi Street from 2024, and what council heard on Item 31 on 30 September 2026.
26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Planning and development in Johannesburg council, May to September 2026What council discussed, decided and promised on planning and development across 8 sitting days, from 26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026.
25 June 2026 to 30 September 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Safety and policing in Johannesburg council, June to September 2026Council's debates and decisions on Public Safety reports, the Head of Public Safety, by-laws, disaster management and a Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Strategy.
27 August 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Turffontein Clinic: MMC says R29.4 million spent, commits to end-September completionWhat the City of Johannesburg council was told about the New Turffontein Clinic on 27 August 2026, alongside City newsroom articles and official reports from 2022 to 2026.
28 May 2026 to 26 August 2026 · updated 4 November 2026
Water in Johannesburg council, May to August 2026What councillors said and decided on water across 4 sitting days from 28 May 2026 to 26 August 2026, including Johannesburg Water plans and performance reports.