No Chief Whip elected on 28 August; motions against Munyayi, Edward and Wissler carry

Chief Whip election deferred after two ballots

The 32nd Ordinary Council Meeting on 28 August 2025 ended without electing a Chief Whip, and the election and remaining agenda items were deferred to a later sitting. 28 Aug 09:17:01 28 Aug 11:35:30 Three nominations for Chief Whip were accepted, for Cllr Rahn (DA), Cllr Chauke (ANC) and Cllr Ntombela (ActionSA), and the IEC conducted the secret ballot. 28 Aug 04:17:42 28 Aug 05:02:05 28 Aug 05:07:05

In the first Chief Whip round, 245 ballots were cast and 41 spoiled; Cllr Chauke received 96, Cllr Rahn 71 and Cllr Ntombela 37, short of the 122 needed. 28 Aug 07:37:22 Cllr Ntombela was eliminated as the candidate with the fewest votes, and a second vote between Cllr Chauke and Cllr Rahn was announced. 28 Aug 07:37:22 In the Chief Whip vote between Cllr Chauke and Cllr Rahn, 211 votes were cast and 42 spoiled; Cllr Chauke received 101 and Cllr Rahn 68, short of the 106 needed. 28 Aug 09:17:01 Electricity failed in the chamber during counting of the Chief Whip ballot, leaving councillors' plug points not working, before counting was reported complete. 28 Aug 08:32:53 28 Aug 09:10:15

Cllr Niemand, a DA councillor, warned that stopping the Chief Whip election midway was outside the law under Schedule 3 of the Structures Act and open to litigation. 28 Aug 09:47:41 The Speaker ruled the Chief Whip vote would be repeated at a later sitting, saying: "We are going to repeat it, but we are not going to repeat it now." 28 Aug 09:47:41 promise The Speaker said a date for the next sitting, which would deal with the Chief Whip election and remaining items, would be sent out as early as the next day. 28 Aug 11:35:30 promise

No-confidence motions against committee chairs carried

On 28 August 2025 council carried a no-confidence motion against Environment and Infrastructure Services chair Cllr Munyayi, with 129 for, 41 against and 57 abstentions. 28 Aug 10:38:58 28 Aug 10:55:39 Cllr Madiba (ANC) proposed the motion against Cllr Munyayi, citing failure on water and electricity outage oversight; Cllr Boer, Cllr Harris and Cllr Mashala opposed it as political. 28 Aug 10:38:58

A no-confidence motion against Finance Committee chair Cllr Edward carried with 130 for, 40 against and 58 abstentions. 28 Aug 10:56:16 28 Aug 11:12:58 Cllr Modupi (ANC) said the Finance Committee chair failed to ensure timely Section 71 reports and took decisions without consulting the committee. 28 Aug 10:56:16

A no-confidence motion against Public Safety chair Cllr Wissler carried with 129 for, 40 against and 58 abstentions. 28 Aug 11:20:00 28 Aug 11:28:18 Cllr Marumo (ANC) moved the motion against Cllr Wissler for failing to lead the committee effectively, while Cllr Coutriers (ActionSA) defended her record on JMPD operations. 28 Aug 11:20:00 An automated check linked the Rules Committee report to a promise by Cllr Mthembu on 18 June 2025 that the committee would discuss recording dissent after votes. 28 Aug 10:50:06 earlier promise

MPAC write-off reports and councillor salaries

Items 18 and 19, MPAC motivations to certify irregular, unauthorised and fruitless and wasteful expenditure as irrecoverable, were noted after the Chair of Chairs asked council only to note them. 28 Aug 09:55:45 28 Aug 10:21:33 Cllr Harris (ACDP) said the ACDP could not condone writing off over R5 billion without details of responsibility and consequences. 28 Aug 10:01:44 Cllr Raseruthe, the MPAC chair, said MPAC would keep pursuing consequence management: "We are not writing off to close everything, no. We are still going to pursue them." 28 Aug 10:21:33 promise

Item 22, the upper limits of councillors' salaries and allowances for 2024/25, was agreed by voice, with FF+ and DA dissent recorded. 28 Aug 10:31:54 Item 20, changes in membership of various Section 79 committees, was agreed to on 28 August 2025. 28 Aug 10:31:05

Executive Mayor absent and other items

The Executive Mayor was absent for his statement item on 28 August 2025; the Speaker said he had apologised for being late, and the item was skipped. 28 Aug 00:45:08 MMC Mabaso said GDARD did not support a township at Kapok informal settlement because of environmental constraints, and that residents were to be relocated to Roodepoort Farm. 28 Aug 00:52:36 MMC Mabaso said the department would start relocating Kapok residents once the contractor finishes township establishment and services at Roodepoort Farm. 28 Aug 00:52:36 promise

The Speaker said she would discuss with the executive the JMPD problems raised after Diepsloot youth were turned away over proof of residence. 28 Aug 00:15:47 promise The Speaker ruled the Diepsloot JMPD assessment matter an executive matter and asked the councillor to submit the proof of residence concern in writing. 28 Aug 00:15:47