Here’s Mayor Mashaba squad of MMCs, in case you missed it.
These are the 10 Members of the Mayoral Committee, Five are men and five are women.
The team that will be working alongside the executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg councillor Herman Mashaba was announced last month. There are 10 Members of the Mayoral Committee consisting of five are men and five are women. Each one of them has been given a portfolio to serve under for the next five years.
Here they are in order;
Dr Rabelani Dagada
He is an acclaimed academic, author and development economist who was born in Alexandra. He holds master’s degrees from both the University of Johannesburg and Witwatersrand and aPhD in Information Systems from the University of South Africa.
Dagada has extensive experience in the fields of telecommunications, information technology, and education and serves on the board of a number of non-profit organisations.
Dr Valencia Ntombi Khumalo
A lecturer in Somatology at the University of Johannesburg prior to her recent election to Council.
She has been in the somatology industry for more than a decade, received a doctorate in Health Professions Education, published research papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at local and international conventions.
Nonhlanhla Helen Makhuba
She was first elected to Parliament as a representative of the Inkatha Freedom Party in 2009.
She served on the Portfolio Committee on Communications and as an alternate member of the committees for Health, Water, and Environmental Affairs.
She is a long-time resident of Soweto and holds a diploma in Financial Management and an advanced certificate in Credit Management.
Councillor Richard Funzela Ngobeni
He has been active in politics from his youth as a member of the Congress of South African Students.
He later joined the Democratic Alliance and was elected to the Joburg Council as a proportional representative in 2014.
Ngobeni holds diplomas in Tourism Management and Public Relations.
The resident of Cosmo City is well-known as a civic leader and community activist in Gauteng – especially within Ward 100.
Councillor Mzobanzi Ntuli
He is a former Gauteng Leader of the Inkatha Youth Brigade who served as Chief Whip of the Inkatha Freedom Party prior to his appointment to the Johannesburg Mayoral Committee.
Ntuli completed a national certificate in Municipal Governance in 2009 and attended a course on public houses at Wits University.
He has vast experience having served as a councillor in the City of Joburg since 2000.
Councillor Sharon Peetz
She has extensive experience in the fields of economic development, tourism, and strategic project management.
A graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal she served as general manager of Durban Tourism and Johannesburg Tourism prior to becoming a director of the African Bureau of Conventions, a company that organises international events and exhibitions in Southern Africa.
Dr Mpho Phalatse
She is a medical doctor with vast experience in the health sector.
A graduate of the Medical University of South Africa, she served as a general practitioner and Registrar: Public Health Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Phalatse also holds an advanced diploma in Project Management and a diploma in the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
Phalatse is in the process of completing her MMed in Public Health Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Councillor Nonhlanhla Sifumba
She studied Project Management at the Wits School of Governance. She also holds a diploma in Banking and Business and has obtained a number of certificates over the past two decades, including HIV/AIDS Counselling and Care, Community Participation in Health, and Financial Management.
Sifumba has served as the Assistant Director at the Soweto HIV/AIDS Counsellor Association, a Research Executive at Quest Research Services and, most recently, as a PR counsellor for Soweto West, Whip for Region D and DA Shadow MMC for Community Development since 2012.
Councillor Anthony Still
He is a former Managing Director of Johannesburg Water (Pty) Ltd, after spending his first 16 months in the formation of Johannesburg Water as the Transition Manager.
Still also spent six years as an international consultant on utilities, especially water.
He has also had experience in development finance and public/private partnerships. Stil has a BSc Hons degree from the University of Natal and an MPhil in Management from Oxford University.
Councillor Yao-Heng Michael Sun
He is an admitted attorney with a distinguished career in law, public safety and justice issues.
Sun has served as a councillor since 2006 and was the DA’s Shadow MMC for Public Safety since 2013.
