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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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  • {{Interlanguage link multi|George Christopher Cato|qid=Q17165770}}, 1854–1856{{cite book|author=W. P. M. Henderson |title= Durban: Fifty Years' Municipal History |url=https://archive.org/stream/durbanfiftyyears00hend#page/n5/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive |publisher=Robinson & Co. |location=Durban |year= 1904 }} (Includes portraits of mayors)
  • Edward Snell, 1856, 1867–69
  • Savery Pinsent, 1856–57, 1859
  • A W Evans, 1857–58
  • 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
  • J D Ballance, 1870
  • William Palmer, 1871–72
  • John Goodliffe, 1872–73
  • Edward Pickering, 1873–74, 1882–83
  • Richard Vause, 1870–71, 1874–75, 1878–79, 1883–85
  • Sir Benjamin Wesley Greenacre, 1875–76, 1889–92, 1897–98
  • William Arbuckle, 1876–78, 1880–82 {{cite web |url=http://disa.ukzn.ac.za/arbuckle-sir-william |title= William Arbuckle |work= Digital Innovation South Africa |oclc=225596326 |publisher= University of KwaZulu-Natal |accessdate= 28 September 2017 }}
  • H W Currie, 1879–80
  • J W Stranack, 1885–86
  • W E Robarts, 1886–87
  • T A O'Flaherty, R L Cunningham, 1887–88
  • 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{{cite book |title=Twentieth Century Impressions of Natal: Its People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XA5AQAAMAAJ |publisher= Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company |series=Twentieth Century Impressions |year=1906 }}
  • Walter Greenacre, 1909–10

1910-2000

  • 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 {{citation |url=http://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/former-durban-mayors-killer-paroled-20100715 |title=Former Durban mayor's killer paroled |date=15 July 2010 |work= News24.com }}
  • Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011

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Since 2000 (eThekwini Municipality)

  • Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011
  • James Nxumalo, 2011–2016 {{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621223215/http://www.durban.gov.za/City_Government/mayor_council/City_Mayor/Pages/default.aspx |url=http://www.durban.gov.za:80/City_Government/mayor_council/City_Mayor/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archivedate=21 June 2012 |title=City Mayor |publisher=eThekwini Municipality |via=Wayback Machine }}
  • Zandile Gumede, 2016–2019{{cite news |title=Zandile Gumede, Themba Njilo officially out as ANC makes sweeping leadership changes |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/just-in-zandile-gumede-themba-njilo-officially-out-as-anc-kzn-makes-sweeping-leadership-changes-20190813 |accessdate=13 August 2019 |agency=News24 |publisher=News24 |date=13 August 2019}}
  • Mxolisi Kaunda, 2019–2024
  • Cyril Xaba, 2024-present{{Cite web |last=Matiwane |first=Zimasa |date=10 July 2024 |title=eThekwini elects Cyril Xaba as mayor after DA turnabout |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/amp/bd/national/2024-07-10-ethekwini-elects-cyril-xaba-as-mayor-after-da-turnabout/ |access-date=30 September 2024 |website=eThekwini newly elected mayor}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{cite web |publisher= South African History Online |location=Cape Town |url= http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/durban-mayors-and-other-city-officials |title=Durban Mayors and other city officials }}

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