Mayor of Tshwane
{{Short description|Government position in South Africa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Mayor
| body = Tshwane
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| style = The Honourable
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| seat = Isivuno Building, cnr Lilian Ngoyi and Madiba Street, Pretoria
| appointer = City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
| termlength = Five years
| formation = 2000 (current position)
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| website = [http://www.tshwane.gov.za/sites/Council/Ofiice-Of-The-Executive-Mayor/Pages/Office-of-the-Executive-Mayor.aspx Official Website]
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The Mayor of Tshwane is the head of the local government of Pretoria, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role.
The most recent mayor of Tshwane is Nasiphi Moya of ActionSA, who has been in office since 9 October 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=ActionSA’s Dr Nasiphi Moya elected as new Tshwane Mayor |url=https://elections.sabc.co.za/elections2024/news/actionsas-dr-nasiphi-moya-elected-as-new-tshwane-mayor/|access-date=2024-11-02 |website=SABCElections |language=en-US}}
List of mayors of Tshwane
class="wikitable" |
colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2|Term of office ! Political party |
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style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |
| Peter Maluleka (transitional) | 1994 | 1995 |
style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |
| 1995 | 2000 |
style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |
| Smangaliso Mkhatshwa[http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/national-orders/recipient/father-simangaliso-mkhatshwa Father Simangaliso Mkhatshwa], The Presidency. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.[https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/father-smangaliso-mkhatshwa Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa], South African History Online. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. | 2000 | 2006 |
style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |
| Gwen Ramokgopa[https://www.medicaltourismcongress.com/dr-gwen-malegwale-ramokgopa/ Dr. Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa]. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. | 2006 | 2010 |
style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |
| Kgosientso Ramokgopa[https://mg.co.za/article/2010-11-02-ramokgopa-takes-over-from-aunt-as-tshwane-mayor Ramokgopa takes over from aunt as Tshwane mayor]. Mail & Guardian. retrieved on 17 February 2019. | 2010 | 2016 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}" |
| Solly Msimanga[https://www.news24.com/elections/news/msimanga-elected-tshwane-mayor-20160819 Msimanga elected Tshwane mayor]. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. | 2016 | 2019 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}" |
| Stevens Mokgalapa[https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-02-12-das-stevens-mokgalapa-elected-mayor-of-tshwane/ DA’s Stevens Mokgalapa elected mayor of Tshwane]. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. | 2019 | 2020 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}" |
| 2020 | 2023 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Congress of the People (South African political party)}}" |
| 2023 | 2023 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}" |
| 2023 | 2024 |
style="background-color: {{party color|ActionSA}}" |
| 2024 | - | ActionSA |
Historic office
=Transvaal Republic - District of Pretoria (1857-1900)=
class="wikitable" |
colspan=1|Name of Landdrost
! colspan=2|Term of office ! Annotation |
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Andries Francois du Toit
| 1857 | 1859 | First Landdrost of Pretoria appointed by Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. |
Frederik Korsten Mare
| 1861 | 1863 | |
William Skinner
| 1869 | 1878 | |
Johannes Christoffel Krogh
| 1878 | 1878 | |
John Robert Lys
| 1878 | 1880 | Appointed by Lord Shepstone |
Johan Carel Preller
| 1880 | N/A | Never took office because of the First Anglo-Boer War |
Johan de Villiers
| 1881 | 1882 | |
Carel Frederik Ziervogel
| 1882 | 1886 | |
CE Schutte
| 1897 | 1898 | |
Pieter J. Potgieter
| 1898 | 1900 | Last Landdrost of the District of Pretoria |
=British Transvaal Colony - Pretoria (1902 - 1910)=
class="wikitable" |
colspan=1|Name
! colspan=2|Term of office ! colspan=1|Annotation |
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Richard Kelsky Loveday
| 1902 | 1903 | Interim President of the City Council (Burgomaster) appointed by Lord Roberts |
Eddie Bourke
| 1903 | 1904 | First democratically elected mayor of Pretoria |
Andrew Johnstone
| 1904 | 1905 | |
Johannes van Boeschoten
| 1905 | 1906 | First Term |
John Johnstone Kirkness
| 1906 | 1907 | |
Samuel Radford Savage
| 1907 | 1908 | |
Johannes van Boeschoten
| 1908 | 1909 | Second Term |
Johannes van Boeschoten
| 1909 | 1910 | Third Term |
=Union of South Africa - Pretoria (1910 - 1931)=
class="wikitable" |
colspan=1|Name
! colspan=2|Term of office ! colspan=1|Annotation |
---|
Johannes van Boeschoten
| 1910 | 1911 | First Term under Union Government but Fourth Term overall |
Andrew Johnstone
| 1911 | 1915 | First Term under Union Government but Second Term overall |
Constantino William Giovanetti
| 1915 | 1920 | Mandated to serve Three Terms until the end of World War I |
Herbert Prior Veale
| 1920 | 1921 | Well known Doctor and Radiologist. |
George Henry Brink
| 1922 | 1925 | First Term |
William Duxbury
| 1925 | 1926 | Duxbury Road in Pretoria bears his name. |
Claudius Marsh of Vries
| 1926 | 1928 | |
=Union of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1931-1961)=
(Pretoria is declared a city on 14 October 1931)
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class="wikitable" |
colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2|Term of office ! colspan=1|Party ! colspan=1|Annotation |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1931 | 1932 | First female mayor of a South African city and first Afrikaner MP woman from 1934 to 1938 |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1932 | 1936 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1936 | 1937 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1938 | 1939 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1939 | 1940 | Ben Swart Street in Pretoria bears his name. |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| D. Junod | 1943 | 1944 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1944 | 1944 | Mayor of Margate (Natal) in 1946. Tom Jenkins Drive in Pretoria bears his name. |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1944 | 945 | Second Term |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1946 | 1947 | Frates Road in Pretoria bears his name. Member of Parliament (National Party) for the constituency of Koedoespoort (1948-1958) |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1947 | 1947 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1947 | 1948 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1948 | 1949 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1949 | 1950 | Ratepayers Association (South Africa) | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1950 | 1953 | Federation Group (South Africa) | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1953 | 1955 | Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 1960s |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1955 | 1956 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1956 | 1957 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| Barend Matheus "Ben" van Tonder | 1957 | 1958 | First Term |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1958 | 1959 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1959 | 1960 | Member of Parliament (National Party) for the constituency of Koedoespoort (1961-1974) then for that of Gezina |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1960 | 1961 | |
=Republic of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1961-1994)=
(The Union is dissolved into an independent republic on 31 May 1961)
class="wikitable" |
colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2|Term of office ! colspan=1|Party ! colspan=1|Annotation |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1961 | 1963 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1963 | 1965 | Criminologist, university professor |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| Barend Matheus "Ben" van Tonder | 1965 | 1966 | Second Term |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1966 | 1967 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1967 | 1968 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1968 | 1969 | Also served as State Architect. |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1969 | 1970 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1970 | 1971 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1972 | 1973 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1973 | 1974 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| CA Young | 1974 | 1975 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1975 | 1976 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| HP Botha | 1976 | 1977 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1977 | 1978 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1980 | 1981 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1981 | 1982 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1982 | 1983 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1983 | 1984 | First Term |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1984 | 1985 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1985 | 1986 | Second Term |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| Johannes Jacobus Steyn van der Spuy | 1986 | 1987 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1987 | 1988 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| Willem of Plessis "Bill" Heunis | 1988 | 1989 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1989 | 1990 | City Councilor 1982 to 2011 Leader of the New National Party on the City Council (2001-2004). Member of the African National Congress from September 2004 member of the executive committee in charge of finance (2009-2011) |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1990 | 1991 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1991 | 1992 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1992 | 1993 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1993 | 1994 | |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |
| 1994 | 1994 | In December 1994, the Pretoria City Council is dissolved and replaced by a Transitional Council. |
References
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{{Mayors of Pretoria and Tshwane}}