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.
List of mayors of Tshwane
NameTerm of office Political party Peter Maluleka (transitional) 1994 1995 African National Congress Johannes Ramokhoase 1995 2000 African National Congress Smangaliso MkhatshwaFather Simangaliso Mkhatshwa , The Presidency. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, South African History Online. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. 2000 2006 African National Congress Gwen RamokgopaDr. Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa . Retrieved on 17 February 2019. 2006 2010 African National Congress Kgosientso RamokgopaRamokgopa takes over from aunt as Tshwane mayor. Mail & Guardian. retrieved on 17 February 2019. 2010 2016 African National Congress Solly MsimangaMsimanga elected Tshwane mayor. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. 2016 2019 Democratic Alliance Stevens MokgalapaDA’s Stevens Mokgalapa elected mayor of Tshwane. Retrieved on 17 February 2019. 2019 2020 Democratic Alliance Randall Williams 2020 2023 Democratic AllianceMurunwa 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 LanddrostTerm 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)
NameTerm of officeAnnotation 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) NameTerm of officeAnnotation 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 de Vries 1926 1928
Union of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1931-1961) (Pretoria is declared a city on 14 October 1931)
NameTerm of officePartyAnnotation 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)
NameTerm of officePartyAnnotation 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.
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