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
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Term of office
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Political party
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Ref.
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Amos Masondo
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2000
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2011
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African National Congress
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[2]
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Parks Tau
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May 26, 2011
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August 22, 2016
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African National Congress
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[2]
|
|
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Herman Mashaba
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August 22, 2016
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November 27, 2019
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Democratic Alliance
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[3]
|
|
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Geoff Makhubo
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December 4, 2019
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July 9, 2021
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African National Congress
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[4]
|
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Jolidee Matongo
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August 10, 2021
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September 18, 2021
|
African National Congress
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[5]
|
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Mpho Moerane
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October 1, 2021
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November 22, 2021
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African National Congress
|
[6][7]
|
|
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Mpho Phalatse
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November 22, 2021
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September 30, 2022
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Democratic Alliance
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[8]
|
|
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Dada Morero[Note 1]
|
September 30, 2022
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October 25, 2022
|
African National Congress
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[9]
|
|
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Mpho Phalatse
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October 26, 2022
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January 26, 2023
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Democratic Alliance
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[10]
|
|
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Thapelo Amad
|
January 27, 2023
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April 24, 2023
|
Al Jama-ah
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[11]
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Kabelo Gwamanda
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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)
