Mayor of Durban

Last updated January 27, 2023

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

George Christopher Cato [ Wikidata ], 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]
B W 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

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)

Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011
James Nxumalo, 2011–2016 ^[5]
Zandile Gumede, 2016–2019^[6]
Mxolisi Kaunda, 2019–present

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.

External links

"Durban Mayors and other city officials". Cape Town: South African History Online.

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[Henderson1904-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 W. P. M. Henderson (1904). Durban: Fifty Years' Municipal History. Durban: Robinson & Co. – via Internet Archive. (Includes portraits of mayors)

[2] "William Arbuckle". Digital Innovation South Africa . University of KwaZulu-Natal. OCLC 225596326 . Retrieved 28 September 2017.

[3] Twentieth Century Impressions of Natal: Its People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Twentieth Century Impressions. Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company. 1906.

[4] "Former Durban mayor's killer paroled", News24.com , 15 July 2010

[5] "City Mayor". eThekwini Municipality. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012 – via Wayback Machine.

[6] "Zandile Gumede, Themba Njilo officially out as ANC makes sweeping leadership changes". News24. News24. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

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