Mayor of Tshwane

{{Short description|Government position in South Africa}}

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| 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

style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |

| Peter Maluleka (transitional)

| 1994

| 1995

| African National Congress

style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |

| Johannes Ramokhoase

| 1995

| 2000

| African National Congress

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

| African National Congress

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

| African National Congress

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

| African National Congress

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

| Democratic Alliance

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

| Democratic Alliance

style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}" |

| Randall Williams

| 2020

| 2023

| Democratic Alliance

style="background-color: {{party color|Congress of the People (South African political party)}}" |

|Murunwa Makwarela

| 2023

| 2023

| Congress of the People

style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}" |

| Cilliers Brink

| 2023

| 2024

| Democratic Alliance

style="background-color: {{party color|ActionSA}}" |

| Nasiphi Moya

| 2024

| -

| ActionSA

Historic office

=Transvaal Republic - District of Pretoria (1857-1900)=

class="wikitable"
colspan=1|Name of Landdrost

! colspan=2|Term of office

! Annotation

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)=

File:Eddie Bourke 1891.jpg

class="wikitable"
colspan=1|Name

! colspan=2|Term of office

! colspan=1|Annotation

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)}}" |

| Mabel Malherbe

| 1931

| 1932

| National Party

| 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)}}" |

| Ivan Solomon

| 1932

| 1936

| United Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Horatio William Dely

| 1936

| 1937

| United Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |

| James Joseph Cooke

| 1938

| 1939

| United Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Ben Swart

| 1939

| 1940

| United Party

| Ben Swart Street in Pretoria bears his name.

style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |

| D. Junod

| 1943

| 1944

| United Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Tom J. Jenkins

| 1944

| 1944

| United Party

| Mayor of Margate (Natal) in 1946. Tom Jenkins Drive in Pretoria bears his name.

style="background-color: {{party color|United Party (South Africa)}}" |

| George Henry Brink

| 1944

| 945

| United Party

| Second Term

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Thomas James Frates

| 1946

| 1947

| National Party

| 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)}}" |

| DP van Heerden

| 1947

| 1947

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Mrs MM Curson

| 1947

| 1948

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Mr CJ Fourie

| 1948

| 1949

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Vivian H Rudd

| 1949

| 1950

| Ratepayers Association (South Africa)

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Jan Hendrik Visse

| 1950

| 1953

| Federation Group (South Africa)

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Hilgard Muller

| 1953

| 1955

| National Party

| Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 1960s

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| WJ Seymore

| 1955

| 1956

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Willem Jacobus Britz

| 1956

| 1957

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Barend Matheus "Ben" van Tonder

| 1957

| 1958

| National Party

| First Term

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Lukas Johannes Van den Berg

| 1958

| 1959

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Johannes Cornelius Otto

| 1959

| 1960

| National Party

| 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)}}" |

| Tjaart Hendrik van Vuuren

| 1960

| 1961

| National Party

|

=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)}}" |

| Ernest Smit

| 1961

| 1963

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| P.J. van der Walt

| 1963

| 1965

| National Party

| Criminologist, university professor

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Barend Matheus "Ben" van Tonder

| 1965

| 1966

| National Party

| Second Term

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Jozua Francois Becker

| 1966

| 1967

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Hugo K. Truter

| 1967

| 1968

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Philip Rudolph Nel

| 1968

| 1969

| National Party

| Also served as State Architect.

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Louis Albert Cloete

| 1969

| 1970

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Gerhard J. Davidtsz

| 1970

| 1971

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| GJ Malherbe

| 1972

| 1973

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Herman J. Venter

| 1973

| 1974

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| CA Young

| 1974

| 1975

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Klasie Coetsee

| 1975

| 1976

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| HP Botha

| 1976

| 1977

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| JH Greyvenstein

| 1977

| 1978

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Fanie van Rensburg

| 1980

| 1981

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Servaas Venter

| 1981

| 1982

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Pieter Retief Smith

| 1982

| 1983

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Fanie van Jaarsveld

| 1983

| 1984

| National Party

| First Term

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Charl Johannes van Heerden

| 1984

| 1985

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Fanie van Jaarsveld

| 1985

| 1986

| National Party

| Second Term

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Johannes Jacobus Steyn van der Spuy

| 1986

| 1987

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Chris Swart

| 1987

| 1988

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Willem of Plessis "Bill" Heunis

| 1988

| 1989

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Ernie Jacobson

| 1989

| 1990

| National Party

| 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)}}" |

| François Morkel

| 1990

| 1991

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Bob Zylstra

| 1991

| 1992

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| James Leach

| 1992

| 1993

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Nico Stofberg

| 1993

| 1994

| National Party

|

style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (South Africa)}}" |

| Cor J. Uys

| 1994

| 1994

| National Party

| In December 1994, the Pretoria City Council is dissolved and replaced by a Transitional Council.

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