Mayor of Buffalo City

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Mayor of Buffalo City
Incumbent
Princess Faku
since 23 March 2023
Style The Honourable
Seat 117 Oxford Street, Cnr North & Oxford Streets, Trust Centre, East London
Appointer Buffalo City Council
Term length Five years; renewable once
Formation2011
Website Official website

The Mayor of Buffalo City, officially the Executive Mayor of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, is the head of local government of South Africa's Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.

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Buffalo City was established as a local municipality part of the Amathole District Municipality in 2000; at the 2011 municipal elections the municipality became a metropolitan municipality.

List of mayors

2000–2011: Mayors of the Buffalo City Local Municipality

NameTerm of officePolitical partyRef.
Sindisile Maclean 20002006 African National Congress [1]
Ntombentle Peter 20062008 African National Congress [2]
Sakhumzi Caga (acting)20082009 African National Congress
Zukisa Faku 20092011 African National Congress [3]

2011–present: Mayors of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

NameTerm of officePolitical partyRef.
Zukiswa Ncitha 20112015 African National Congress [4]
Alfred Mtsi 20152016 African National Congress [5]
Xola Pakati 20162023 African National Congress [6]
Princess Faku 2023Incumbent African National Congress

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References

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  2. "Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | Previous Mayor Profile". www.buffalocity.gov.za. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. "Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | Previous Mayor Profile". www.buffalocity.gov.za. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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