Ward 56 · Region F · 2021–2026 boundaries
Ward 56
Suburbs, as the City lists them: Rosettenville, Townsview, The Hill, Oakdene, Eastcliffe, Linmeyer, La Rochelle (from 6th Street South)City of Johannesburg, 2022 ward list
Ward councillor
2021–2026 council, from the City's own councillor list
Michael Ian Crichton · DA
Present at 58 of 64 council meetings (91%) between 26 January 2023 and 20 March 2026, according to the City's signed minutes: on leave 6 times, absent without leave never.
The councillors elected on 4 November 2026 aren't on this site yet; the 2026 wards were redrawn, so a new ward 56 may cover different suburbs.
Said in council
110 transcribed sitting days, 26 May 2026 to 30 September 2026
In their words (AI transcript, unedited)
- 30 September 2026, 01:56:45
“Madam Speaker, please note that Councillor Ricky Nair, representing Ward 56, he's in support of this item. Therefore, Madam Speaker, we cannot claim to be representing the community and the resident of the City of Johannesburg while we continue to decline or reject the development that will address the issues…”
During “DA objection to the Speaker's ruling on party references” · Names Ward 56
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 56"; 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.