Mayor of Johannesburg

The Mayor of Johannesburg is the highest elected position in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 2000, they are the chief executive of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality council. The position remained vacant from 24 April 2023, when Thapelo Amad announced his resignation after less than three months in office. On May 5, 2023, the council elected Al Jama-ah's Kabelo Gwamanda to the position.[1]

Mayor of Johannesburg
Incumbent
Kabelo Gwamanda
since 5 April 2023
Member ofCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
Inaugural holderJohan Zulch de Villiers
Formation1897

List of mayors

Johannesburg Metro: 2000–present

The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality was established in 2000 and its inaugural council was elected in the municipal elections of that year.

NameTerm of officePolitical partyRef.
Amos Masondo20002011African National Congress[2]
Parks TauMay 26, 2011August 22, 2016African National Congress[2]
Herman MashabaAugust 22, 2016November 27, 2019Democratic Alliance[3]
Geoff MakhuboDecember 4, 2019July 9, 2021African National Congress[4]
Jolidee MatongoAugust 10, 2021September 18, 2021African National Congress[5]
Mpho MoeraneOctober 1, 2021November 22, 2021African National Congress[6][7]
Mpho PhalatseNovember 22, 2021September 30, 2022Democratic Alliance[8]
Dada Morero[Note 1]September 30, 2022October 25, 2022African National Congress[9]
Mpho PhalatseOctober 26, 2022January 26, 2023Democratic Alliance[10]
Thapelo AmadJanuary 27, 2023April 24, 2023Al Jama-ah[11]
Kabelo GwamandaMay 5, 2023presentAl Jama-ah[12]

Johannesburg: 1897–2000

The following lists the mayors of Johannesburg before the establishment of the present-day metropolitan municipality in 2000.[2]

  • Johan Zulch de Villiers (1897–1900) – appointed by South African Republic Executive Committee
  • Walter Alfred John O'Meara (1900–1902) – appointed by British Military Administration
  • William St. John Carr (1902–1904)
  • George H. Goch (1904–1905)
  • John William Quinn (1905–1906)
  • William K. Tucker (1906–1907)
  • James Thompson (1907–1908)
  • Charles Chudleigh (1908–1909)
  • Harry Graumann (1909–1910)
  • Harry J. Hofmeyr (1910–1911)
  • J. D. Ellis (1911–1912)
  • William Richard Boustred (1912–1913)
  • Norman Anstey (1913–1915)
  • John Wesley O'Hara (1915–1917)
  • T. F. Allen (1917–1919)
  • G. B. Steer (1919–1920)
  • J. Christie (1920–1921)
  • S. Hancock (1921–1922)
  • L. Forsyth Allan (1922–1923)
  • M. J. Harris (1923–1924)
  • C. Walters (1924–1925)
  • E. O. Leake (1925–1926)
  • Alfred Law Palmer (1926–1927)
  • W. H. Port (1927–1928)
  • W. Fernhead (1928–1929)
  • D. Anderson (1929–1930)
  • George W. Nelson (1930–1931)
  • D. F. Corlett (1931–1932)
  • B. C. Vickers (1932–1933)
  • D. Penry Roberts (1933–1934)
  • Maurice Freeman (1934–1935)
  • Maldwyn Edmund (1935–1936)
  • Donald W. Mackay (1936–1937)
  • J. S. Fotheringham (1937–1938)
  • J. J. Page (1938–1939)
  • T. A. M. Huddle (1939–1940)
  • T. P. Gray (1940–1941)
  • A. R. Thorburn (1941–1942)
  • L. Leveson (1942–1943)
  • A. S. Holland (1943–1944)
  • A. Immink (1944–1945)
  • Jessie McPherson (1945–1946)
  • James Gray (1946–1947)
  • G. B. Gordon (1947–1948)
  • S. P. Lee (1948–1949)
  • J. Mincer (1949–1950)
  • C. F. Beckett (1950–1951)
  • I. E. B. Attwell (1951–1952)
  • Hyman Miller (1952–1953)
  • C. J. H. Patmore (1953–1954)
  • G. J. Beckett (1954–1955)
  • Leslie Hurd (1955–1956)
  • Max Goodman (1956–1957)
  • T. Glyn Morris (1957–1958)
  • Ian Maltz (1958–1959)
  • Alec Gorshel (1959–1960)
  • D. J. Marais (1960–1962)
  • Keith J. Fleming (1962–1963)
  • J. F. Oberholzer (1963–1964)
  • P. M. Roos (1964–1965)
  • Aleck Joffe (1965–1966)
  • Boyce D. Eagar (1966–1967)
  • C. J. Ross-Spencer (1967–1968)
  • I. Schlapobersky (1968–1969)
  • Patrick R. B. Lewis (1969–1970)
  • S. Moss (1970–1971)
  • Alf Widman (1971–1972)
  • J. C. Lemmer (1972–1973)
  • A. D. Bensusan (1973–1974)
  • Harold Frank Dennis (1974–1975)
  • Max Neppe (1975–1976)
  • Monty Sklaar (1976–1977)
  • Martin Powell (1977–1978)
  • J. S. Otto (1978–1979)
  • J. D. R. Opperman (1979–1980)
  • Carel Venter (1980–1981)
  • Cecil Long (1981–1982)
  • Danie van Zyl (1982–1983)
  • Alan Gadd (1983–1984)
  • Eddy Magid (1984–1985)
  • Ernie Fabel (1985–1986)
  • Harold Rudolph (1986–1987)
  • O. H. Fenn (1987–1988)
  • J. H. van Blerk (1988)
  • David J. Neppe (1988–1989)
  • Koos Roets (1989–1990)
  • William G. L. Janse van Rensburg (1990–1991)
  • Elliot Kretzmer (1991–1992)
  • J. S. Burger (1992–1993)
  • Les Dishy (1993–1994)
  • Dan Pretorius (1994)
  • Isaac Mogase (1995–2000)

See also

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