William Bantom

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Rev. William Bantom (born 1946?) was mayor of Cape Town from 1995 to 2000.

He became the city's first black mayor following the first non-racial local government elections in 1995. He was forced to resign as mayor and expelled from the New National Party in 2000 after being caught downloading pornography from the internet. [1]

He was a minister in the Church of the Nazarene.

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Preceded by Mayor of Cape Town
1995–2000
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