Mayor of Tshwane

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Mayor of Tshwane
Incumbent
Randall Williams
since 30 October 2020
StyleThe Honourable
SeatIsivuno Building, cnr Lilian Ngoyi and Madiba Street, Pretoria
AppointerCity of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Term lengthFive years
Formation1931
WebsiteOfficial Website

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.

On 30 October 2020, Randall Williams of the Democratic Alliance was elected mayor.[1]

List of mayors of Tshwane[]

Name Term of office Political party
(transitional) 1994 1995 African National Congress
1995 2000 African National Congress
Smangaliso Mkhatshwa[2][3] 2000 2006 African National Congress
Gwen Ramokgopa[4] 2006 2010 African National Congress
[5] 2010 2016 African National Congress
Solly Msimanga[6] 2016 2019 Democratic Alliance
Stevens Mokgalapa[7] 2019 2020 Democratic Alliance
Randall Williams 2020 Incumbent Democratic Alliance

Historic office[]

Transvaal Republic - District of Pretoria (1857-1900)[]

Name of Landdrost Term of office Annotation
1857 1859 First Landdrost of Pretoria appointed by Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.
1861 1863
1869 1878
Johannes Christoffel Krogh 1878 1878
1878 1880 Appointed by Lord Shepstone
1880 N/A Never took office because of the First Anglo-Boer War
Johan de Villiers 1881 1882
1882 1886
1897 1898
1898 1900 Last Landdrost of the District of Pretoria

British Transvaal Colony - Pretoria (1902 - 1910)[]

Character sketch of Eddie Bourke who served as Pretoria's first elected mayor
Name Term of office Annotation
1902 1903 Interim President of the City Council (Burgomaster) appointed by Lord Roberts
Eddie Bourke 1903 1904 First democratically elected mayor of Pretoria
1904 1905
1905 1906 First Term
1906 1907
1907 1908
1908 1909 Second Term
1909 1910 Third Term

Union of South Africa - Pretoria (1910 - 1931)[]

Name Term of office Annotation
Johannes van Boeschoten 1910 1911 First Term under Union Government but Fourth Term overall
1911 1915 First Term under Union Government but Second Term overall
1915 1920 Mandated to serve Three Terms until the end of World War I
1920 1921 Well known Doctor and Radiologist.
1922 1925 First Term
1925 1926 Duxbury Road in Pretoria bears his name.
1926 1928

Union of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1931-1961)[]

(Pretoria is declared a city on 14 October 1931)

Hilgard Muller served as Minister of Foreign Affairs after his term as mayor of Pretoria.
Mabel Malherbe was the first female Mayor elected to Pretoria
Name Term of office Party Annotation
Mabel Malherbe 1931 1932 National Party First female mayor of a South African city and first Afrikaner MP woman from 1934 to 1938
1932 1936 United Party
1936 1937 United Party
1938 1939 United Party
1939 1940 United Party Ben Swart Street in Pretoria bears his name.
1943 1944 United Party
1944 1944 United Party Mayor of Margate (Natal) in 1946. Tom Jenkins Drive in Pretoria bears his name.
1944 945 United Party Second Term
1946 1947 National Party Frates Road in Pretoria bears his name. Member of Parliament (National Party) for the constituency of Koedoespoort (1948-1958)
1951 1953 National Party
Hilgard Muller 1953 1955 National Party Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 1960s
1955 1956 National Party
1956 1957 National Party
1957 1958 National Party First Term
1958 1959 National Party
1959 1960 National Party Member of Parliament (National Party) for the constituency of Koedoespoort (1961-1974) then for that of
1960 1961 National Party

State Republic of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1961-1994)[]

(The Union is dissolved into an independent republic on 31 May 1961)

Name Term of office Party Annotation
1961 1963 National Party
1963 1965 National Party Criminologist, university professor
1965 1966 National Party Second Term
1966 1967 National Party
1967 1968 National Party
1968 1969 National Party Also served as State Architect.
1969 1970 National Party
1970 1971 National Party
1972 1973 National Party
1973 1974 National Party
1974 1975 National Party
1975 1976 National Party
1976 1977 National Party
1977 1978 National Party
1980 1981 National Party
1981 1982 National Party
1982 1983 National Party
1983 1984 National Party First Term
1984 1985 National Party
1985 1986 National Party Second Term
1986 1987 National Party
1987 1988 National Party
1988 1989 National Party
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)

1990 1991 National Party
1991 1992 National Party
1992 1993 National Party
1993 1994 National Party
1994 1994 National Party In December 1994, the Pretoria City Council is dissolved and replaced by a Transitional Council.

References[]

  1. ^ Tandwa, Lizeka (30 October 2020). "DA reclaims City of Tshwane as councillor Randall Williams elected new mayor". News24. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ Father Simangaliso Mkhatshwa, The Presidency. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, South African History Online. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ Dr. Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
  5. ^ Ramokgopa takes over from aunt as Tshwane mayor. Mail & Guardian. retrieved on 17 February 2019.
  6. ^ Msimanga elected Tshwane mayor. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
  7. ^ DA’s Stevens Mokgalapa elected mayor of Tshwane. Retrieved on 17 February 2019.
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