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Mayor of Cape Town

Head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa

Head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa

FieldValue
postMayor
bodyCape Town
imageGeordin Hill-Lewis.jpg
incumbentGeordin Hill-Lewis
incumbentsince18 November 2021
styleThe Honourable
appointerCape Town City Council
termlengthFive years; renewable once consecutively
formation1840
inauguralMichiel van Breda
website[Official Website](http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Meet-the-City/Our-Mayor)

The mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.

The mayoral position was established on 7 December 2000.

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 is Geordin Hill-Lewis of the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Current office

This is a list of mayors of Cape Town in South Africa:

City of Cape Town (December 2000–present)

Name and ImageTerm of officePolitical party
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Peter Marais.png80pxPeter Marais]]December 2000
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"Gerald MorkelDecember 2001
African National Congress}}"[[File:South African Ambassador to the U.S. Nomaindiya Cathleen Mfeketo (52036244356) (cropped).jpg80px]]October 2002
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Helen Zille in Mpumalanga (cropped).jpg80px]]March 2006
African Christian Democratic Party}}"Grant Haskin (acting)April 2009
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Dan Plato.jpeg80px]]May 2009
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Patricia de Lille, March 2011.jpg80px]]June 2011
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Ian Neilson at the United Airlines Inuagural Flight Reception Dinner (cropped).jpg80px]]May 2018
October 2018
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Dan Plato.jpeg80px]]November 2018
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}"[[File:Geordin Hill-Lewis.jpg80px]]November 2021

Historic offices

Metropolitan Local Councils (June 1996–December 2000)

Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC)

  • Attie Adriaanse (2000) (NNP)
  • Rev William Bantom (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

City of Cape Town Municipality (Central Substructure)

  • Nomaindia Mfeketo (1998 - 2000) (ANC)
  • Theresa Solomon (1996 - 1998) (ANC)

City of Tygerberg Municipality (Tygerberg Substructure)

  • Clifford Sitonga (1999 - 2000) (ANC)
  • Lukas Olivier (1996 - 1999) (NNP)

South Peninsula Municipality (Southern Substructure)

  • John Oswald "OJ" Jacobs (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Helderberg Municipality (Helderberg Substructure)

  • James Matthews (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Oostenberg Municipality (Eastern Substructure)

  • Danny De La Cruz (1996 - 2000) (NNP)

Blaauwberg Municipality (Northern Substructure)

  • Desmond Stoffberg (1999 - 2000) (NNP)
  • Heather Maneveld (1997 - 1999) (NNP)
  • Algene Ross (1996 - 1997) (NNP)

City of Cape Town Transitional Council (February 1995–June 1996)

  • Rev William Bantom (1995 - 1996) (NP)

Mayors prior to nonracial dispensation

Cape Colony (1840-1910)

NameTerm of officeAnnotation
[[File:Michiel van Breda.jpg80px]]18401844
J.J.L. Smuts18441848
[[File:Hercules Jarvis - Merchant and Mayor of Cape Town.jpg80px]]18481860
Dirk Gysbert van Breda18601860
Gilles J. de Korte18601862
W. Herman18621863
Thomas Watson18631863
Joseph Barry18631865
Dirk Gysbert van Breda18651866
Gilles J. De Korte18661871
Philip Stigant18711872
Gilles J. de Korte18721874
Philip Stigant18741875
P.U. Leibbrandt18751876
Charles Lewis18761877
John Philip18771878
[[File:Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr.jpg80px]] Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr18781879
Petrus Kotzé18791881
William Fleming18811883
Charles Lewis18831884
Philip Stigant18841885
Thomas Inglesby18851886
[[File:John Woodhead - Mayor of Cape Town - Cape Lantern.png80px]] John Woodhead18861887
Thomas O'Reilly18871888
[[File:John Woodhead - Mayor of Cape Town - Cape Lantern.png80px]] John Woodhead18881889
[[File:David Christiaan de Waal.jpg80px]] David Christiaan de Waal18801890
[[File:David Graaff rectangle.jpg80px]] David Graaff18901892
Johan Mocke18921893
[[File:John Woodhead - Mayor of Cape Town - Cape Lantern.png80px]] John Woodhead18931894
George Smart18941895
James Attwell18951896
[[File:John Woodhead - Mayor of Cape Town - Cape Lantern.png80px]] John Woodhead18961897
Herman Boalch18971898
Thomas Ball18981900
Thomas O'Reilly19001901
[[File:William Thorne.jpg80px]] William Thorne19011904
[[File:Iziko sang Hyman Liberman gift.jpg80px]] Hyman Liberman19041907
[[File:William Duncan Baxter.jpg80px]] William Duncan Baxter{{cite weburl=http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/2004-02/1077616047title=William Duncan Baxter}}1907
Frank Smith19081912

Union of South Africa (1910-1961)

NameTerm of officeAnnotation
Frank Smith19081912
Harry Hands19121913
John Parker19131915
Harry Hands19151918
William J. Thorne19181920
William Gardener19201922
Ryno J. Verster19221925
William Fish19251927
Andrew Reid19271929
Alfred Lewis19291931
Harry Stephan19311933
Louis Gradner19331935
James Low19351937
W.C. Foster19371939
Wilfred Brinton19391941
Walter James19411943
Ernest Nyman19431945
Abe Bloomberg19451947
Herbert Gearing19471949
Charles Booth19491951
Fritz Sonnenberg19511953
Arthur Keen19531955
Pieter Wolmarans19551957
John Orville Billingham19571959
Joyce Newton-Thompson19591961

Republic of South Africa (1961-1995)

NameTerm of office
Alfred Honikman1961
William Peters1963
Walter Gradner1965
Gerald Ferry1967
Jan Dommisse1969
Richard Friedlander1971
David Bloomberg1973
John Tyers1975
Edward Mauerberger1977
Louis Kreiner1979
M.J. Van Zyl1981
Sol Kreiner1983
Leon Markovitz1985
Peter Muller1987
Gordon Oliver{{cite weburl=http://www.capetown.dj/people/Quotes/MayoralSystem.htmurl=http://www.greatguides.org/Greatguide_47_Gordon+Oliver.html
Frank Van der Velde1991
Clive Keegan1993
Patricia Sulcas Kreiner1993

References

References

  1. (27 September 2000). "Successor to porn-watching mayor elected". Independent Newspapers.
  2. (12 September 2000). "Porn-watching mayor says sorry". Independent Newspapers.
  3. Serra, Genevieve. (2025-07-09). "Tributes to Theresa Solomon: A legacy of justice and community activism".
  4. Choruma, Shyleen. (2025-07-08). "Ramaphosa mourns deaths of TWO former Cape Town mayors".
  5. [http://www.routes.co.za/wc/bredasdorp/ Bredasdorp] {{webarchive. link. (2003-03-20)
  6. Gunners of The Cape - Neil Orpen
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016201150/http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/South_Africa.html Union of South Africa]
  8. "Two Minutes of Silence and Poppies".
  9. (30 March 2022). "Tribute to Clive Keegan, the banned activist who became a Cape Town mayor". Cape Argus.
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