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Head of the local government of Johannesburg, South Africa
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]
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 .
Name
Term of office
Political party
Ref.
Amos Masondo
2000
2011
African National Congress
[2]
Parks Tau
May 26, 2011
August 22, 2016
African National Congress
[2]
Herman Mashaba
August 22, 2016
November 27, 2019
Democratic Alliance
[3]
Geoff Makhubo
December 4, 2019
July 9, 2021
African National Congress
[4]
Jolidee Matongo
August 10, 2021
September 18, 2021
African National Congress
[5]
Mpho Moerane
October 1, 2021
November 22, 2021
African National Congress
[6]
[7]
Mpho Phalatse
November 22, 2021
September 30, 2022
Democratic Alliance
[8]
Dada Morero
[Note 1]
September 30, 2022
October 25, 2022
African National Congress
[9]
Mpho Phalatse
October 26, 2022
January 26, 2023
Democratic Alliance
[10]
Thapelo Amad
January 27, 2023
April 24, 2023
Al Jama-ah
[11]
Kabelo Gwamanda
May 5, 2023
present
Al 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
Notes
^ In October 2022, the
Johannesburg High Court ruled that Phalatse's removal from office, and therefore Morero's election, was unlawful and invalid. Phalatse was reinstated.
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