List of mayors of Pietermaritzburg

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Town Hall (at left) on Church Street in Pietermaritzburg, circa 1900s-1930s
Laying of foundation stone of Pietermaritzburg Town Hall, 1898

The following is a list of mayors of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The British dominated Pietermaritzburg government until the second half of the 20th century. National white minority rule in South Africa ended in 1994. When the Msunduzi Local Municipality formed circa 2001, its mayoralty included Pietermaritzburg.

  • D. D. Buchanan, 1854[1]
  • D. B. Scott, 1855
  • P. Ferreira, 1856
  • W. Leathern and G. Thompson, 1857
  • J. Archbell, 1858, 1860-1863
  • John William Ackerman, 1859[2]
  • E. Tomlinson, 1864-1866, 1870
  • S. Williams, 1867-1869, 1882
  • J. Russom, 1869
  • W. George, 1870-1871
  • P. Davis, Sr., 1872-1873, 1879
  • Henry Pepworth, 1874
  • John Fleming, 1875-1876
  • W. Francis, 1877-1878
  • A. W. Kershaw, 1880
  • John Roseveare, 1881
  • H. Griffin, 1883
  • E. Owen, 1884-1885
  • J. J. Chapman, 1886-1888
  • E. S. T. Stantial, 1889
  • W.E. Bale, 1890, 1893[2]
  • Richard Mason, 1891-1892
  • P. Carbis, 1894
  • C. G. Levy, 1895
  • P. F. Payn, 1896
  • T. W. Woodhouse, 1897
  • George James Macfarlane, circa 1898-1901 [1]
  • W.J. O'Brien, circa 1905 [2]
  • ?
  • H. Collins, circa 1934
  • ?

Msunduzi Local Municipality[edit]

  • Hloni Glenford Zondi, circa 2000-2006 [3]
  • Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [3][4]
  • Mike Tarr, May 2010-? [5]
  • Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [6]
  • Themba Njilo, 2016-2019[7][8]
  • Mzimkhulu Thebolla, 2019–present

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ J. Forsyth Ingram (1898). "List of mayors of Pietermaritzburg, since the incorporation of the borough in 1854". Story of an African City. Pietermaritzburg: C. Coester – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b Who's Who. London: Adam and Charles Black. 1903.
  3. ^ a b "Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi". Iol.co.za. 16 March 2006.
  4. ^ "Msunduzi.gov.za". Msunduzi Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "MEC fires official for 13 charges". Iol.co.za. 21 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality". Iol.co.za. 23 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Njilo to run for mayor". News24.com. 20 June 2016.
  8. ^ "'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo". Maritzburgsun.co.za. 24 August 2016.