The City’s Mayoral Committee (Mayco) is a group of 11 councillors (members of Council) that are appointed by the Mayor and function as a local cabinet. Each member works on different areas of municipal government. These are:

• Finance: Alderman Ian Neilson
  
• Health: Cllr Lungiswa James
  
• Transport, Roads & Stormwater: Cllr Brett Herron
  
• Utility Services: Cllr Shehaam Sims
  
• Tourism, Events & Marketing: Cllr Grant Pascoe
  
• Safety & Ssecurity: Alderman Jean-Pierre (‘JP’) Smith
  
• Economic, Environmental & Spatial Planning: Alderman Belinda Walker
  
• Corporate Services: Alderman Demetri Qually
  
• Social & Early Childhood Development: Cllr Beverley Cortje-Alcock
  
• Housing: Cllr Ernest Sonnenberg
  
• Community Services: Cllr Tandeka Gqada
  
  

The current Mayco (pictured below) was appointed at a Council meeting on 1 June 2011. 

Front, from left: Executive Deputy Mayor, Alderman Ian Neilson (Finance), Executive Mayor, Alderman Patricia de Lille; Chief Whip, Alderman Athea Serritslev; the Speaker, Alderman Dirk Smit. Behind, from left: Cllr Lungiswa James (Health); Cllr Brett Herron (Transport, Roads & Stormwater); Cllr Shehaam Sims (Utility Services); Cllr Grant Pascoe (Tourism, Events & Marketing); Alderman Jean-Pierre (‘JP’) Smith (Safety & Security); Alderman Belinda Walker (Economic, Environmental & Spatial Planning); Alderman Demetri Qually (Corporate Services); Cllr Beverley Cortje-Alcock (Social & Early Childhood Development); Cllr Ernest Sonnenberg (Housing) and Cllr Tandeka Gqada (Community Services).