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 D. B. Scott, 1855 P. Ferreira, 1856 W. Leathern and G. Thompson, 1857 J. Archbell, 1858, 1860-1863 John William Ackerman, 1859 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 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 W.J. O'Brien, circa 1905 ? H. Collins, circa 1934 ?

Msunduzi Local Municipality Hloni Glenford Zondi, circa 2000-2006 Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 Mike Tarr, May 2010-? Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 Themba Njilo, 2016-2019 Mzimkhulu Thebolla, 2019–present

See also Pietermaritzburg history and timeline Msunduzi Local Municipality, est. circa 2001 British Colony of Natal, 1843–1910 Union of South Africa (British dominion), 1910–1961

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