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Mayor of Cape Town

The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town 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 current mayor is Geordin Hill-Lewis of the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Mayor of Cape Town
Incumbent
Geordin Hill-Lewis
since 18 November 2021
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCape Town City Council
Term lengthFive years; renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holderMichiel van Breda
Formation1840
WebsiteOfficial Website

Current office

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This is a list of mayors of Cape Town in South Africa:

City of Cape Town (December 2000–present)

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Name and Image Term of office Political party
 

Peter Marais

December 2000 November 2001 Democratic Alliance
Gerald Morkel December 2001 October 2002 Democratic Alliance
 

Nomaindia Mfeketo

October 2002 March 2006 African National Congress
 

Helen Zille

March 2006 April 2009 Democratic Alliance
Grant Haskin (acting) April 2009 May 2009 African Christian Democratic Party
 

Dan Plato

May 2009 May 2011 Democratic Alliance
 

Patricia de Lille

June 2011 October 2018 Democratic Alliance
 

Ian Neilson (acting)

 May 2018
October 2018 		May 2018
November 2018 		Democratic Alliance
 

Dan Plato

November 2018 October 2021 Democratic Alliance
 

Geordin Hill-Lewis

November 2021 Incumbent Democratic Alliance

Historic offices

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Metropolitan Local Councils (June 1996–December 2000)

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Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC)

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City of Cape Town Municipality (Central Substructure)

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  • Nomaindia Mfeketo (1998 - 2000) (ANC)
  • Theresa Solomons (1996 - 1998) (ANC)

City of Tygerberg Municipality (Tygerberg Substructure)

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South Peninsula Municipality (Southern Substructure)

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Helderberg Municipality (Helderberg Substructure)

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  • James Matthews (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Oostenberg Municipality (Eastern Substructure)

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Blaauwberg Municipality (Northern Substructure)

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City of Cape Town Transitional Council (February 1995–June 1996)

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Mayors prior to nonracial dispensation

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Cape Colony (1840-1910)

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Name Term of office Annotation
 

Michiel van Breda

1840 1844 First Chairman of the Cape Town Municipality.[3]
J.J.L. Smuts 1844 1848
 

Hercules Jarvis

1848 1860
Dirk Gysbert van Breda 1860 1860 First Term
Gilles J. de Korte 1860 1862 First Term
W. Herman 1862 1863
Thomas Watson 1863 1863
Joseph Barry 1863 1865
Dirk Gysbert van Breda 1865 1866 Second Term
Gilles J. De Korte 1866 1871 Second term. Title changed from "chairman" to "mayor" in 1867.
Philip Stigant 1871 1872 First Term
Gilles J. de Korte 1872 1874 Third term
Philip Stigant 1874 1875 Second term
P.U. Leibbrandt 1875 1876
  Charles Lewis 1876 1877 First term
John Philip 1877 1878
  Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr 1878 1879
Petrus Kotzé 1879 1881
William Fleming 1881 1883
  Charles Lewis 1883 1884 Second term
Philip Stigant 1884 1885 Third term
Thomas Inglesby 1885 1886 Former honorary Colonel of the Cape Field Regiment[4]
  John Woodhead 1886 1887 First term
Thomas O'Reilly 1887 1888 First Term
  John Woodhead 1888 1889 Second Term
  David Christiaan de Waal 1880 1890
  David Graaff 1890 1892 Later Minister of Public Works and Finance.[5]
Johan Mocke 1892 1893
  John Woodhead 1893 1894 Third term
George Smart 1894 1895
James Attwell 1895 1896
  John Woodhead 1896 1897 Fourth term
Herman Boalch 1897 1898 Died in office
Thomas Ball 1898 1900
Thomas O'Reilly 1900 1901 Second term
  William Thorne 1901 1904
  Hyman Liberman 1904 1907
  William Duncan Baxter[6] 1907 1908
Frank Smith 1908 1912

Union of South Africa (1910-1961)

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Name Term of office Annotation
Frank Smith 1908 1912
Harry Hands[7] 1912 1913 First term
John Parker 1913 1915 First Mayor of "Greater" Cape Town after surrounding municipalities had been incorporated into the city.
Harry Hands 1915 1918 Second term
William J. Thorne 1918 1920
William Gardener 1920 1922
Ryno J. Verster 1922 1925
William Fish 1925 1927
Andrew Reid 1927 1929
Alfred Lewis 1929 1931
Harry Stephan 1931 1933
Louis Gradner 1933 1935
James Low 1935 1937
W.C. Foster 1937 1939
Wilfred Brinton 1939 1941
Walter James 1941 1943
Ernest Nyman 1943 1945
Abe Bloomberg 1945 1947
Herbert Gearing 1947 1949
Charles Booth 1949 1951
Fritz Sonnenberg 1951 1953
Arthur Keen 1953 1955
Pieter Wolmarans 1955 1957
John Orville Billingham 1957 1959
Joyce Newton-Thompson 1959 1961 First female mayor

Republic of South Africa (1961-Present)

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Name Term of office
Alfred Honikman 1961 1963
William Peters 1963 1965
Walter Gradner 1965 1967
Gerald Ferry 1967 1969
Jan Dommisse 1969 1971
Richard Friedlander 1971 1973
David Bloomberg 1973 1975
John Tyers 1975 1977
Edward Mauerberger 1977 1979
Louis Kreiner 1979 1981
M.J. Van Zyl 1981 1983
Sol Kreiner 1983 1985
Leon Markovitz 1985 1987
Peter Muller 1987 1989
Gordon Oliver[8][9] 1989 1991
Frank Van der Velde 1991 1993
Clive Keegan 1993 1993
Patricia Sulcas Kreiner 1993 1995

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Successor to porn-watching mayor elected". Independent Newspapers. 27 September 2000.
  2. ^ "Porn-watching mayor says sorry". Independent Newspapers. 12 September 2000.
  3. ^ Bredasdorp Archived 2003-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Gunners of The Cape - Neil Orpen
  5. ^ Union of South Africa
  6. ^ "William Duncan Baxter".
  7. ^ "Two Minutes of Silence and Poppies".
  8. ^ "Quotes about Cape Town mayoral system".
  9. ^ "Great Guides - Roddy Bray".
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