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), who has held the position since 2021.
Current office This is a list of mayors of Cape Town in South Africa:
City of Cape Town (December 2000–present)
Name and Image Term of office Political party Peter Marais December 2000 November 2001 Democratic Alliance Gerald Morkel December 2001 October 2002 Democratic Alliance Nomaindia Mfeketo October 2002 March 2006 African National CongressHelen Zille March 2006 April 2009 Democratic Alliance Grant Haskin (acting) April 2009 May 2009 African Christian Democratic Party Dan Plato May 2009 May 2011 Democratic Alliance Patricia de Lille June 2011 October 2018 Democratic AllianceIan Neilson (acting) May 2018 October 2018 May 2018November 2018 Democratic AllianceDan Plato November 2018 October 2021 Democratic AllianceGeordin Hill-Lewis November 2021 Incumbent Democratic Alliance
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 office AnnotationMichiel van Breda 1840 1844 First Chairman of the Cape Town Municipality.Bredasdorp J.J.L. Smuts 1844 1848 Hercules Jarvis 1848 1860 Dirk Gysbert van Breda 1860 1860 First Term Gilles J. de Korte 1860 1862 First Term W. Herman 1862 1863 Thomas Watson 1863 1863 Joseph Barry 1863 1865 Dirk Gysbert van Breda 1865 1866 Second Term Gilles J. De Korte 1866 1871 Second term. Title changed from "chairman" to "mayor" in 1867. Philip Stigant 1871 1872 First Term Gilles J. de Korte 1872 1874 Third term Philip Stigant 1874 1875 Second term P.U. Leibbrandt 1875 1876 Charles Lewis 1876 1877 First term John Philip 1877 1878 Jan Christoffel Hofmeyr 1878 1879 Petrus Kotzé 1879 1881 William Fleming 1881 1883 Charles Lewis 1883 1884 Second term Philip Stigant 1884 1885 Third term Thomas Inglesby 1885 1886 Former honorary Colonel of the Cape Field RegimentGunners of The Cape - Neil Orpen John Woodhead 1886 1887 First term Thomas O'Reilly 1887 1888 First Term John Woodhead 1888 1889 Second Term David Christiaan de Waal 1880 1890 David Graaff 1890 1892 Later Minister of Public Works and Finance. Union of South Africa Johan Mocke 1892 1893 John Woodhead 1893 1894 Third term George Smart 1894 1895 James Attwell 1895 1896 John Woodhead 1896 1897 Fourth term Herman Boalch 1897 1898 Died in office Thomas Ball 1898 1900 Thomas O'Reilly 1900 1901 Second term William Thorne 1901 1904 Hyman Liberman 1904 1907 William Duncan Baxter 1907 1908 Frank Smith 1908 1912
Union of South Africa (1910–1961) + NameTerm of office Annotation Frank Smith 1908 1912 Harry Hands 1912 1913 First term John Parker 1913 1915 First Mayor of "Greater" Cape Town after surrounding municipalities had been incorporated into the city. Harry Hands 1915 1918 Second term William J. Thorne 1918 1920 William Gardener 1920 1922 Ryno J. Verster 1922 1925 William Fish 1925 1927 Andrew Reid 1927 1929 Alfred Lewis 1929 1931 Harry Stephan 1931 1933 Louis Gradner 1933 1935 James Low 1935 1937 W.C. Foster 1937 1939 Wilfred Brinton 1939 1941 Walter James 1941 1943 Ernest Nyman 1943 1945 Abe Bloomberg 1945 1947 Herbert Gearing 1947 1949 Charles Booth 1949 1951 Fritz Sonnenberg 1951 1953 Arthur Keen 1953 1955 Pieter Wolmarans 1955 1957 John Orville Billingham 1957 1959 Joyce Newton-Thompson 1959 1961 First female mayor
Republic of South Africa (1961–1995)
+ NameTerm of office Alfred Honikman 1961 1963 William Peters 1963 1965 Walter Gradner 1965 1967 Gerald Ferry 1967 1969 Jan Dommisse 1969 1971 Richard Friedlander 1971 1973 David Bloomberg 1973 1975 John Tyers 1975 1977 Edward Mauerberger 1977 1979 Louis Kreiner 1979 1981 M.J. Van Zyl 1981 1983 Sol Kreiner 1983 1985 Leon Markovitz 1985 1987 Peter Muller 1987 1989 Gordon Oliver 1989 1991 Frank Van der Velde 1991 1993 Clive Keegan 1993 1993 Patricia Sulcas Kreiner 1993 1995
See also Timeline of Cape Town
References
External links Official website