Mayor of Tshwane
# Mayor of Tshwane

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 current mayor of Tshwane is Cilliers Brink of the Democratic Alliance, who was elected on 28 March 2023.

## List of mayors of Tshwane

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Peter Maluleka (transitional) | 1994 | 1995 | African National Congress |
| Johannes Ramokhoase | 1995 | 2000 | African National Congress |
| Smangaliso Mkhatshwa | 2000 | 2006 | African National Congress |
| Gwen Ramokgopa | 2006 | 2010 | African National Congress |
| Kgosientso Ramokgopa | 2010 | 2016 | African National Congress |
| Solly Msimanga | 2016 | 2019 | Democratic Alliance |
| Stevens Mokgalapa | 2019 | 2020 | Democratic Alliance |
| Randall Williams | 2020 | 2023 | Democratic Alliance |
| Murunwa Makwarela | 2023 | 2023 | Congress of the People |
| Cilliers Brink | 2023 | Incumbent | Democratic Alliance |

## Historic office

### Transvaal Republic - District of Pretoria (1857-1900)

| Name of Landdrost | Term of office | Term 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)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Annotation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Annotation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 of Vries | 1926 | 1928 | |

### Union of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1931-1961)

(Pretoria is declared a city on 14 October 1931)

| Name | Term of office | 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 |
| 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)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Annotation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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. |
