During the 13th ordinary sitting of the council that was held on Wednesday the 21st of June 2023, the Joburg council voted to move the tech company to Kunene's transport portfolio.

The repositioning sees MTC being moved from the economic development portfolio to the transport department.

The entity was previously under the economic development department and it was recently allocated an operating expenditure budget of R594 million as well as a three-year capital budget of R21 million.

Although the move was an urgent one, Tsumbo Nephawe of Group Governance, did not mention a reason for the move, but detailed how the MTC is part of the city's vision for information communication technology.

MTC will be under the administrative and functional supervision of the transportation department while maintaining constitution and service delivery mandate as per the current service delivery agreement between MTC and the city," Nephawe said.

While the company is the procurement entity for projects such as wifi and the CCTV system, members of the DA-led opposition said the move was done for the wrong reasons.