​The Group Committee Support Unit exists to ensure the efficient, compliant, and coordinated functioning of the City of Johannesburg's executive governance structures. Its mandate is grounded in key legislative and policy frameworks, which collectively outline requirements for accountability, reporting, transparency, and decision-making processes within municipalities.

As the administrative engine supporting the Executive Mayor, City Manager, Mayoral Committee, and Group Advisory Committees, the Unit ensures that governance processes are executed in line with legal prescripts.​

 CORE MANDATE

• Provide corporate secretariat services to Committees of the Executive Mayor, City Manager, and Group Advisory Committees, in accordance with MFMA and MSA.
• Plan, coordinate, GAC programmes and activities.
• Coordinate and oversee the appointment of GAC members, including adherence to legal and procedural requirements.
• Coordinate and facilitate induction programmes for newly appointed MMCs and GAC members, ensuring alignment with legislative responsibilities and governance processes.
• Monitor, track, and report on the implementation of Mayoral Committee and GAC committee resolutions, ensuring accountability and good governance principles.
• Develop, review, and maintain Terms of Reference (ToRs) for all committees, ensuring consistency and accountability with relevant policies and prescripts.
• Facilitate the establishment and reconfiguration of committees, ensuring legal and procedural compliance.
• Manage committee systems and administrative capacity, ensuring functional operations that meet statutory timelines and reporting obligations.
• Ensure, secure, compliant management of committee documents, including confidential records, agendas, minutes, and resolutions as required by the MSA and Records Management Policy.
• Quality-assure reports submitted to committees, ensuring completeness, policy alignment, and internal standards before deliberation.

The Group Committee Support Unit is an enabler of good governance, ensuring that all executive and advisory committees operate within the legal framework.

Its work ensures that political and administrative leadership can take informed decisions, supported by accurate information, credible records, and processes that meet the highest standards of accountability and transparency.​