Mayor of Tshwane

Mayor of Tshwane
Style	The Honourable
Seat	Isivuno Building, cnr Lilian Ngoyi and Madiba Street, Pretoria
Appointer	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Term length	Five years
Formation	2000 (current position)
Website	Official Website

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. ^[1]

List of mayors of Tshwane

Name		Term of office		Political party
	Peter Maluleka (transitional)	1994	1995	African National Congress
	Johannes Ramokhoase	1995	2000	African National Congress
	Smangaliso Mkhatshwa [2] [3]	2000	2006	African National Congress
	Gwen Ramokgopa [4]	2006	2010	African National Congress
	Kgosientso Ramokgopa [5]	2010	2016	African National Congress
	Solly Msimanga [6]	2016	2019	Democratic Alliance
	Stevens Mokgalapa [7]	2019	2020	Democratic Alliance
	Randall Williams	2020	2023	Democratic Alliance
	Murunwa Makwarela	2023	2023	Congress of the People
	Cilliers Brink	2023	2024	Democratic Alliance
	Nasiphi Moya	2024	-	ActionSA

Historic office

Transvaal Republic - District of Pretoria (1857-1900)

Name of Landdrost	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)

Character sketch of Eddie Bourke who served as Pretoria's first elected mayor

Name	Term of office		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)

Name	Term of office		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)

Hilgard Muller served as Minister of Foreign Affairs after his term as mayor of Pretoria.

Mabel Malherbe was the first female Mayor elected to Pretoria

Name		Term of office		Party	Annotation
	Mabel Malherbe	1931	1932	National Party	First female mayor of a South African city and first Afrikaner MP woman from 1934 to 1938
	Ivan Solomon	1932	1936	United Party
	Horatio William Dely	1936	1937	United Party
	James Joseph Cooke	1938	1939	United Party
	Ben Swart	1939	1940	United Party	Ben Swart Street in Pretoria bears his name.
	D. Junod	1943	1944	United Party
	Tom J. Jenkins	1944	1944	United Party	Mayor of Margate (Natal) in 1946. Tom Jenkins Drive in Pretoria bears his name.
	George Henry Brink	1944	945	United Party	Second Term
	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)
	DP van Heerden	1947	1947	National Party
	Mrs MM Curson	1947	1948	National Party
	Mr CJ Fourie	1948	1949	National Party
	Vivian H Rudd	1949	1950	Ratepayers Association (South Africa)
	Jan Hendrik Visse	1950	1953	Federation Group (South Africa)
	Hilgard Muller	1953	1955	National Party	Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 1960s
	WJ Seymore	1955	1956	National Party
	Willem Jacobus Britz	1956	1957	National Party
	Barend Matheus "Ben" van Tonder	1957	1958	National Party	First Term
	Lukas Johannes Van den Berg	1958	1959	National Party
	Johannes Cornelius Otto	1959	1960	National Party	Member of Parliament (National Party) for the constituency of Koedoespoort (1961-1974) then for that of Gezina
	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)

Name		Term of office		Party	Annotation
	Ernest Smit	1961	1963	National Party
	P.J. van der Walt	1963	1965	National Party	Criminologist, university professor
	Barend Matheus "Ben" van Tonder	1965	1966	National Party	Second Term
	Jozua Francois Becker	1966	1967	National Party
	Hugo K. Truter	1967	1968	National Party
	Philip Rudolph Nel	1968	1969	National Party	Also served as State Architect.
	Louis Albert Cloete	1969	1970	National Party
	Gerhard J. Davidtsz	1970	1971	National Party
	GJ Malherbe	1972	1973	National Party
	Herman J. Venter	1973	1974	National Party
	CA Young	1974	1975	National Party
	Klasie Coetsee	1975	1976	National Party
	HP Botha	1976	1977	National Party
	JH Greyvenstein	1977	1978	National Party
	Fanie van Rensburg	1980	1981	National Party
	Servaas Venter	1981	1982	National Party
	Pieter Retief Smith	1982	1983	National Party
	Fanie van Jaarsveld	1983	1984	National Party	First Term
	Charl Johannes van Heerden	1984	1985	National Party
	Fanie van Jaarsveld	1985	1986	National Party	Second Term
	Johannes Jacobus Steyn van der Spuy	1986	1987	National Party
	Chris Swart	1987	1988	National Party
	Willem of Plessis "Bill" Heunis	1988	1989	National Party
	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)
	François Morkel	1990	1991	National Party
	Bob Zylstra	1991	1992	National Party
	James Leach	1992	1993	National Party
	Nico Stofberg	1993	1994	National Party
	Cor J. Uys	1994	1994	National Party	In December 1994, the Pretoria City Council is dissolved and replaced by a Transitional Council.

References

1. "ActionSA's Dr Nasiphi Moya elected as new Tshwane Mayor". SABCElections. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. Father Simangaliso Mkhatshwa, The Presidency. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
3. Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, South African History Online. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
4. Dr. Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
5. Ramokgopa takes over from aunt as Tshwane mayor. Mail & Guardian. retrieved on 17 February 2019.
6. Msimanga elected Tshwane mayor. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
7. DA’s Stevens Mokgalapa elected mayor of Tshwane. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.