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 most recent mayor of Tshwane is Nasiphi Moya of ActionSA , who has been in office since 9 October 2024.[ 1]
List of mayors of Tshwane
Historic office
Name of Landdrost 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
Character sketch of Eddie Bourke who served as Pretoria's first elected mayor Name 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
Name 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
(Pretoria is declared a city on 14 October 1931 )
Hilgard Muller served as Minister of Foreign Affairs after his term as mayor of Pretoria. Mabel Malherbe was the first female Mayor elected to Pretoria Name 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
(The Union is dissolved into an independent republic on 31 May 1961 )
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