Mayor of Durban
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Below is a list of mayors of Durban, South Africa. In 2000 Durban became the seat of the newly created eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
1854–1910
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- George Christopher Cato, 1854–1856[1]
- Edward Snell, 1856, 1867–69[1]
- Savery Pinsent, 1856–57, 1859[1]
- A W Evans, 1857–58[1]
- J R Goodricke, 1857–59
- William Hartley, 1859–60
- Alexander McArthur, 1860–63
- Hugh Gillespie, 1863–65
- John Hunt and R W Tyzack, 1865–66
- Arthur Harvey and John Miller, 1866–67
- William Field, 1869–70 [1]
- J D Ballance, 1870 [1]
- William Palmer, 1871–72 [1]
- John Goodliffe, 1872–73 [1]
- Edward Pickering, 1873–74, 1882–83 [1]
- Richard Vause, 1870–71, 1874–75, 1878–79, 1883–85 [1]
- Sir Benjamin Wesley Greenacre, 1875–76, 1889–92, 1897–98 [1]
- William Arbuckle, 1876–78, 1880–82 [2]
- H W Currie, 1879–80 [1]
- J W Stranack, 1885–86 [1]
- W E Robarts, 1886–87 [1]
- T A O'Flaherty, R L Cunningham, 1887–88 [1]
- J J Hillier, 1887–89
- A W Leuchars, 1892–93
- George Payne, 1893–95, 1896–97
- R Jameson, 1895–96
- John Nicol, 1897–1901
- Ernest Leslie Acutt, 1901–02
- J Ellis Brown, 1902–05
- C Henwood, 1905–09[3]
- Walter Greenacre, 1909–10
1910-2000
[edit]- F C Hollander, 1910–13
- W Holmes, 1913–15
- J H Nicolson, 1915–18
- T Burman, 1918–20
- T Burman and Fleming Johnston, 1920–21
- Fleming Johnston, 1921–22
- W Gilbert, 1922–24
- T M Wadley, 1924–26
- H L Buzzard, 1926–28
- A Eaton, 1928–29
- The Revd Archibald Lamont, 1929–32
- Oliver Lea, 1932–33
- Percy Osborn, 1933–34
- Dr S Copley, 1934–35
- Fleming Johnston, 1935–39
- R Ellis Brown, 1939–45, 1946–47
- S J Smith, 1945–46
- Leo Boyd, 1947–49
- Ken Clarke, 1949–50
- Percy Osborn, 1950–54
- R A Carte, 1954–55
- G Vernon Essery, 1955–56
- Percy Osborn, 1956–57
- H W Jackson, 1957–58
- W E Shaw, 1958–59
- C A Milne, 1959–64
- Dr Vernon Shearer, 1964–66
- Margaret Maytom
- T M Warman, 1968–70
- R Goldman, 1970–72
- Ron Williams, 1972–74
- A D Adams, 1974–76
- Dr G J Hollis, 1976–78
- Haydn Bradfield, 1978–80
- Mrs Sybil C Hotz, 1980–84
- Neil MacLennan, 1984–85
- Stanley H Lange, 1985–87
- Henry P Klotz, 1987–88
- D W Watterson, 1988–90
- J A Venter and G J Müller, 1990–92
- Margaret Winter, 1992–93
- Mike Lipschitz, 1993–96 [4]
- Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011
Since 2000 (eThekwini Municipality)
[edit]- Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011
- James Nxumalo, 2011–2016 [5]
- Zandile Gumede, 2016–2019[6]
- Mxolisi Kaunda, 2019–2024
- Cyril Xaba, 2024-present[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o W. P. M. Henderson (1904). Durban: Fifty Years' Municipal History. Durban: Robinson & Co. – via Internet Archive. (Includes portraits of mayors)
- ^ "William Arbuckle". Digital Innovation South Africa. University of KwaZulu-Natal. OCLC 225596326. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Twentieth Century Impressions of Natal: Its People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Twentieth Century Impressions. Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company. 1906.
- ^ "Former Durban mayor's killer paroled", News24.com, 15 July 2010
- ^ "City Mayor". eThekwini Municipality. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Zandile Gumede, Themba Njilo officially out as ANC makes sweeping leadership changes". News24. News24. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Matiwane, Zimasa (10 July 2024). "eThekwini elects Cyril Xaba as mayor after DA turnabout". eThekwini newly elected mayor. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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