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Mayor of Mutare
Incumbent
Tatenda Nhamarare
since September 2013
StyleHis Worship
Inaugural holderG. F. Dawson
Formation1914; 110 years ago (1914)
WebsiteOfficial webpage

The Mayor of Mutare is the executive of the government of Mutare, Zimbabwe (known as Umtali until 1983). The Mayor is a member of the Mutare City Council, and is assisted by a deputy mayor. The Mayor uses the style "His Worship".[1] The current mayor is Tatenda Nhamarare.

History

The Town of Umtali became a municipality, in the form of a town, on 11 June 1914.[2] Its first mayor, elected in August 1914, was G. F. Dawson. The mayor and new municipal council replaced the Sanitary Board which had previously governed the settlement.[2]

In 1980, following Zimbabwe's independence, Davidson Jahwi was elected the first black Mayor of Umtali.[1]

Umtali's name was changed to Mutare in 1983.

In 2005, Mayor Misheck Kagurabadza (MDC–T) was suspended from his position by the Minister of Local Government, Ignatius Chombo.[3] Mutare, along with other major cities that had seen their democratically-elected MDC–T mayors suspended, was governed by a ZANU–PF-dominated special commission until 2008.[3]

In 2008, Brian James, a white MDC–T member, was elected mayor.[4] He was suspended and then fired in 2008 by Ignatius Chombo, who accused James of mismanagement, misconduct, and insubordination.[5] However, the firing was, in reality, thought to be politically motivated.[5]

Deputy mayors

Notable former deputy mayors

List of mayors

The following is a list of past mayors of Mutare (previously known as Umtali until 1983).

Mayor Term start Term end   Party Ref.
G. F. Dawson 1914 1916 [1]
W. J. Hosgood 1916 1917 [1]
G. F. Dawson 1917 1918 [1]
Charles Eickhoff 1918 1920 Responsible Government Association [1]
Jack Meikle 1920 1921 [1]
W. J. McIntosh 1921 1922 [1]
Jack Meikle 1922 1923 [1]
W. Stevens 1923 1925 [1]
J. H. Jeffreys 1925 1926 [1]
Frederick J. Taylor 1926 1927 [1]
W. J. McIntosh 1927 1928 [1]
L. Miller 1928 1929 [1]
Oswald Trevor Baker 1929 1932 Rhodesia Party [1]
J. T. Woods 1932 1934 [1]
Alfred Bain 1934 1938 [1]
George Washington Chace 1938 1941 Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party [1]
W. R. Love 1941 1942 [1]
Edward King Evans 1942 1945 [1]
Demetrius Catsicas 1945 1948 [1]
R. T. Perkins 1948 1949 [1]
Saxon W. Wood 1949 1952 [1]
Harry Went 1952 1953 [1]
Johannes Mattheus Wessels 1953 1955 [1]
Norman Innes 1955 1957 [1]
Demetrius Catsicas 1957 1958 [1]
George Robert Leach 1958 1959 [1]
Jack Mussett 1959 1961 [1]
Leslie Herbert Morris 1961 1964 bgcolor="Template:United Federal Party/meta/color" | United Federal Party [1]
James W. MacGregor 1964 1966 [1]
W. W. S. Smart 1966 1968 [1]
James Somerville Murray 1968 1969 [1]
John Constantinos Kircos 1969 1972 [1]
Douglas G. Reed 1972 1975 [1]
John Charles Burke 1975 1977 [1]
Douglas G. Reed 1977 1978 [1]
E. M. Phillips 1978 1980 [1][6]
Davidson Jahwi 1980 24 January 1984 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF [1][7]
Enock Msabaeka 1984 1991
Lawrence Mudehwe October 1990 August 2003 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF (before 1995) [8]
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent (1995-1999)
bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC–T (after 1999)
Misheck Kagurabadza 2003 23 July 2005 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC–T [9]
Mayor suspended; Mutare administered by a special commission
Brian James 2008 April 2013 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC–T [4][5]
Tatenda Nhamarare September 2013 Incumbent bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC–T [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Minute of His Worship the Mayor. City of Umtali. 1980. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b Shoebridge, Clyde L. (December 1969). "The Umtali Tramways Limited" (PDF). Rhodesiana. 21: 7.
  3. ^ a b Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. Government Printing Office. 2008. p. 642. ISBN 9780160813993.
  4. ^ a b Rogers, Douglas (2010-04-14). "Zimbabwe's Accidental Triumph". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  5. ^ a b c Sibanda, Tichaona (2013-04-20). "Zimbabwe: Suspended Mutare Mayor Brian James Speaks Out On Dismissal". SW Radio Africa (London). Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  6. ^ Thatcher, Gary (1980-01-15). "Rhodesia city skeptical as border opens". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  7. ^ Meldrum, Andrew (1984-01-25). "Council tumbles to Zanu radical". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  8. ^ Olukoshi, Adebayo O. (1998). The Politics of Opposition in Contemporary Africa. Nordic Africa Institute. p. 105. ISBN 9789171064196.
  9. ^ "Zim suspends MDC mayor". News24. 2005-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  10. ^ Chiketo, Bernard (2013-09-17). "Nhamarare elected Mutare mayor". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
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