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Mayor of Cape Town

October 26, 2023

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 edit

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

City of Cape Town (December 2000–present) edit

Name Term of office Political party
Peter Marais December 2000 November 2001 New National Party
Gerald Morkel December 2001 October 2002 New National Party
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 edit

Metropolitan Local Councils (June 1996–December 2000) edit

Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC) edit

City of Cape Town Municipality (Central Substructure) edit

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

City of Tygerberg Municipality (Tygerberg Substructure) edit

  • Clifford Sitonga (1999 - 2000) (ANC)
  • Lukas Olivier (1996 - 1999) (NNP)

South Peninsula Municipality (Southern Substructure) edit

  • John Oswald "OJ" Jacobs (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Helderberg Municipality (Helderberg Substructure) edit

  • James Matthews (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Oostenberg Municipality (Eastern Substructure) edit

  • Danny De La Cruz (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Blaauwberg Municipality (Northern Substructure) edit

  • Desmond Stoffberg (1999 - 2000) (NNP)
  • Heather Maneveld (1997 - 1999) (NNP)
  • Algene Ross (1996 - 1997) (NNP)

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

Mayors prior to nonracial dispensation edit

(Unless otherwise indicated, names are taken from the cumulative list of mayors published in the annual Mayor's Minutes)

  • Patricia Kreiner (1993 - 1995)
  • Clive Keegan (1993)
  • Frank van der Velde (1991 - 1993)
  • Gordon Oliver (1989 - 1991)[3][4]
  • Peter Muller (1987 - 1989)
  • Leon Markowitz (1985 - 1987)
  • Sol Kreiner (1983 - 1985)
  • M.J. van Zyl (1981 - 1983)
  • Louis Kreiner (1979 - 1981)
  • Edward Mauerberger (1977 - 1979)
  • John Tyers (1975 - 1977)
  • David Bloomberg (1973 - 1975)
  • Richard Friedlander (1971 - 1973)
  • Jan Dommisse (1969 - 1971)
  • Gerald Ferry (1967 - 1969)
  • Walter Gradner (1965 - 1967)
  • William Peters(1963 - 1965)
  • Alfred Honikman (1961 - 1963)
  • Joyce Newton-Thompson (1959 - 1961), first female Mayor
  • Colonel John Orville Billingham (1957 - 1959)
  • Pieter Wolmarans (1955 - 1957)
  • Arthur Keen (1953 - 1955)
  • Fritz Sonnenberg(1951 - 1953)
  • Charles Booth (1949 - 1951)
  • Herbert Gearing (1947 - 1949)
  • Abe Bloomberg (1945 - 1947)
  • Ernest Nyman (1943 - 1945)
  • Walter James (1941 - 1943)
  • Wilfred Brinton (1939 - 1941)
  • WC Foster (1937 - 1939)
  • James Low (1935 - 1937)
  • Louis Gradner (1933 - 1935)
  • Henry Stephan (1931 - 1933)
  • Rev Alfred Lewis (South African politician) (1929 - 1931)
  • Andrew Reid (South African politician) (1927 - 1929)
  • William Fish (South African politician) (1925 - 1927)
  • Ryno J. Verster (1922 - 1925)
  • William Gardener (1920 - 1922)
  • William J. Thorne (South African politician) (1918 - 1920)
  • Sir Harry Hands (1915 - 1918) (second term)
  • John Parker (1913 - 1915), first Mayor of "Greater" Cape Town after surrounding municipalities had been incorporated into the city
  • Harry Hands (1912 - 1913) (first term) [5]
  • Sir Frank Smith (1908 - 1912)
  • William Duncan Baxter (1907 - 1908)[6]
  • Hyman Liberman (1904 - 1907)
  • Sir William Thorne (1901 - 1904)
  • Thomas O'Reilly (1900 - 1901) (second term)
  • Thomas Ball (1898 - 1900)
  • Herman Boalch (1897 - 1898) (died in office)
  • Sir John Woodhead (1896 - 1897) (fourth term)
  • James Attwell (1895 - 1896)
  • George Smart (1894 - 1895)
  • John Woodhead (1893 - 1894) (third term)
  • Johan Mocke (1892 - 1893)
  • David Pieter de Villiers Graaff (1890 - 1892), later Minister of Public Works and Finance [7]
  • David Christiaan de Waal (1889 - 1890)
  • John Woodhead (1888 - 1889) (second term)
  • Thomas O'Reilly (1887 - 1888) (first term)
  • John Woodhead (1886 - 1887) (first term)
  • Thomas Inglesby (1885 - 1886), former honorary Colonel of Cape Field Artillery[8]
  • Philip Stigant (1884 - 1885) (third term)
  • Charles Lewis (1883 - 1884) (second term)
  • William Fleming (1881 - 1883)
  • Petrus Kotzé (1879 - 1881)
  • Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr (1878 - 1879)
  • John Philip (1877 - 1878)
  • Charles Lewis (1876 - 1877) (first term)
  • P.U. Leibbrandt (1875 - 1876)
  • Philip Stigant (1874 - 1875) (second term)
  • Gillis J. de Korte (1872 - 1874) (third term)
  • Philip Stigant (1871-1872) (first term)
  • Gillis J. de Korte (1866 - 1871) (second term), title changed from "chairman" to "mayor" in 1867
  • D. G. van Breda (1865 - 1866) (second term)
  • Joseph Barry (1863 - 1865)
  • Thomas Watson (1863)
  • W. Herman (1862 - 1863)
  • Gillis J. de Korte (1860 - 1862) (first term)
  • D. G. van Breda (1860) (first term)
  • Hercules Crosse Jarvis (1848 - 1860)
  • J. J. L. Smuts (1844 - 1848)
  • Michiel van Breda (1840 - 1844), first Chairman of the Cape Town Municipality[9]

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit

  • Official website

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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 TownIncumbentGeordin Hill Lewissince 18 November 2021StyleThe HonourableAppointerCape Town City CouncilTerm lengthFive years renewable once consecutivelyInaugural holderMichiel van BredaFormation1840WebsiteOfficial Website Contents 1 Current office 1 1 City of Cape Town December 2000 present 2 Historic offices 2 1 Metropolitan Local Councils June 1996 December 2000 2 1 1 Cape Metropolitan Council CMC 2 1 2 City of Cape Town Municipality Central Substructure 2 1 3 City of Tygerberg Municipality Tygerberg Substructure 2 1 4 South Peninsula Municipality Southern Substructure 2 1 5 Helderberg Municipality Helderberg Substructure 2 1 6 Oostenberg Municipality Eastern Substructure 2 1 7 Blaauwberg Municipality Northern Substructure 2 2 City of Cape Town Transitional Council February 1995 June 1996 2 3 Mayors prior to nonracial dispensation 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCurrent office editThis is a list of mayors of Cape Town in South Africa City of Cape Town December 2000 present edit Name Term of office Political partyPeter Marais December 2000 November 2001 New National PartyGerald Morkel December 2001 October 2002 New National PartyNomaindia Mfeketo October 2002 March 2006 African National CongressHelen Zille March 2006 April 2009 Democratic AllianceGrant Haskin acting April 2009 May 2009 African Christian Democratic PartyDan Plato May 2009 May 2011 Democratic AlliancePatricia de Lille June 2011 October 2018 Democratic AllianceIan Neilson acting May 2018 October 2018 May 2018November 2018 Democratic AllianceDan Plato November 2018 October 2021 Democratic AllianceGeordin Hill Lewis November 2021 Incumbent Democratic AllianceHistoric offices editMetropolitan Local Councils June 1996 December 2000 edit Cape Metropolitan Council CMC edit Attie Adriaanse 2000 1 NNP Rev William Bantom 1996 2000 2 NNP City of Cape Town Municipality Central Substructure edit Nomaindia Mfeketo 1998 2000 ANC Theresa Solomons 1996 1998 ANC City of Tygerberg Municipality Tygerberg Substructure edit Clifford Sitonga 1999 2000 ANC Lukas Olivier 1996 1999 NNP South Peninsula Municipality Southern Substructure edit John Oswald OJ Jacobs 1996 2000 NNP Helderberg Municipality Helderberg Substructure edit James Matthews 1996 2000 NNP Oostenberg Municipality Eastern Substructure edit Danny De La Cruz 1996 2000 NNP Blaauwberg Municipality Northern Substructure edit Desmond Stoffberg 1999 2000 NNP Heather Maneveld 1997 1999 NNP Algene Ross 1996 1997 NNP City of Cape Town Transitional Council February 1995 June 1996 edit Rev William Bantom 1995 1996 NP Mayors prior to nonracial dispensation edit Unless otherwise indicated names are taken from the cumulative list of mayors published in the annual Mayor s Minutes Patricia Kreiner 1993 1995 Clive Keegan 1993 Frank van der Velde 1991 1993 Gordon Oliver 1989 1991 3 4 Peter Muller 1987 1989 Leon Markowitz 1985 1987 Sol Kreiner 1983 1985 M J van Zyl 1981 1983 Louis Kreiner 1979 1981 Edward Mauerberger 1977 1979 John Tyers 1975 1977 David Bloomberg 1973 1975 Richard Friedlander 1971 1973 Jan Dommisse 1969 1971 Gerald Ferry 1967 1969 Walter Gradner 1965 1967 William Peters 1963 1965 Alfred Honikman 1961 1963 Joyce Newton Thompson 1959 1961 first female Mayor Colonel John Orville Billingham 1957 1959 Pieter Wolmarans 1955 1957 Arthur Keen 1953 1955 Fritz Sonnenberg 1951 1953 Charles Booth 1949 1951 Herbert Gearing 1947 1949 Abe Bloomberg 1945 1947 Ernest Nyman 1943 1945 Walter James 1941 1943 Wilfred Brinton 1939 1941 WC Foster 1937 1939 James Low 1935 1937 Louis Gradner 1933 1935 Henry Stephan 1931 1933 Rev Alfred Lewis South African politician 1929 1931 Andrew Reid South African politician 1927 1929 William Fish South African politician 1925 1927 Ryno J Verster 1922 1925 William Gardener 1920 1922 William J Thorne South African politician 1918 1920 Sir Harry Hands 1915 1918 second term John Parker 1913 1915 first Mayor of Greater Cape Town after surrounding municipalities had been incorporated into the city Harry Hands 1912 1913 first term 5 Sir Frank Smith 1908 1912 William Duncan Baxter 1907 1908 6 Hyman Liberman 1904 1907 Sir William Thorne 1901 1904 Thomas O Reilly 1900 1901 second term Thomas Ball 1898 1900 Herman Boalch 1897 1898 died in office Sir John Woodhead 1896 1897 fourth term James Attwell 1895 1896 George Smart 1894 1895 John Woodhead 1893 1894 third term Johan Mocke 1892 1893 David Pieter de Villiers Graaff 1890 1892 later Minister of Public Works and Finance 7 David Christiaan de Waal 1889 1890 John Woodhead 1888 1889 second term Thomas O Reilly 1887 1888 first term John Woodhead 1886 1887 first term Thomas Inglesby 1885 1886 former honorary Colonel of Cape Field Artillery 8 Philip Stigant 1884 1885 third term Charles Lewis 1883 1884 second term William Fleming 1881 1883 Petrus Kotze 1879 1881 Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr 1878 1879 John Philip 1877 1878 Charles Lewis 1876 1877 first term P U Leibbrandt 1875 1876 Philip Stigant 1874 1875 second term Gillis J de Korte 1872 1874 third term Philip Stigant 1871 1872 first term Gillis J de Korte 1866 1871 second term title changed from chairman to mayor in 1867 D G van Breda 1865 1866 second term Joseph Barry 1863 1865 Thomas Watson 1863 W Herman 1862 1863 Gillis J de Korte 1860 1862 first term D G van Breda 1860 first term Hercules Crosse Jarvis 1848 1860 J J L Smuts 1844 1848 Michiel van Breda 1840 1844 first Chairman of the Cape Town Municipality 9 See also editTimeline of Cape TownReferences edit Successor to porn watching mayor elected Independent Newspapers 27 September 2000 Porn watching mayor says sorry Independent Newspapers 12 September 2000 Quotes about Cape Town mayoral system Great Guides Roddy Bray Two Minutes of Silence and Poppies William Duncan Baxter Union of South Africa Gunners of The Cape Neil Orpen Bredasdorp Archived 2003 03 20 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mayor of Cape Town amp oldid 1128636539, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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