An indirect mayoral election was held at a special sitting of the Cape Town City Council on 6 November 2018 to determine the successor of former mayor Patricia de Lille after she resigned on 31 October. Former mayor and Provincial Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, of the Democratic Alliance won the election as the party holds a two-thirds majority in the city council.Patricia De Lille resigns as Cape Town Mayor and DA member. Retrieved on 18 January 2019WATCH: Dan Plato elected Cape Town mayor . Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
Democratic Alliance selection Nominated Dan Plato, Provincial Minister of Community Safety; Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament; former mayor of Cape TownThe race is on for Cape Town's new mayor . Retrieved on 18 January 2019.Dan Plato is Cape Town's next mayor. Retrieved on 18 January 2019.Dan Plato will be the next mayor of Cape Town. Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
Declared Ian Neilson, Deputy Mayor of Cape TownPODCAST: Fiona Furey chats to Cape Town mayoral candidate Ian Neilson. Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Brett Herron, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Housing and TransportBrett Herron enters race to become Cape Town's next mayor. Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Heinrich Cyril Volmink, Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature; former Member of the National AssemblyGauteng legislature member now in running for Cape mayor. Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Grant Twigg, Democratic Alliance Metro ChairpersonDA elects Grant Twigg as party's Cape Town metro leader . Retrieved on 18 January 2019Here Are The DA Candidates To Be Cape Town’s Next Mayor. Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Anda Ntsodo, East Area-based Oversight MemberPlato, Fernandez leading mayor race - experts. Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Sharna Fernandez, Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial ParliamentRegaining Capetonians' trust top of mind for mayoral hopeful, Sharna Fernandez. Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Nomafrench Mbombo, Provincial Minister of Health; Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament; former Provincial Minister of Cultural Affairs and SportsMbombo in line for DA post. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
Declined Bonginkosi Madikizela, Provincial Minister of Human Settlements; former Provincial Minister of Housing; Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (ran for the party's nomination for premier; lost)Western Cape MEC Madikizela out of the running for Cape Town mayor . Retrieved on 18 January 2019. Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape; former Leader of the Democratic Alliance; former mayor of Cape TownDA urgently seeking new mayor with even Zille considered. Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
African National Congress selection Nominated Xolani Sotashe, Leader of the African National Congress in the Cape Town City Council; Mayoral candidate in 2016; Member of the Cape Town City CouncilDA's Dan Plato gets challengers for mayoral position. Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
African Christian Democratic Party selection Nominated Grant Haskin, Leader of the African Christian Democratic Caucus; former Deputy Mayor of Cape Town; former Member of the Western Cape Provincial ParliamentCape Town council gathers to elect new mayor. Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
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