The mayor of Johannesburg is the highest elected position in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 2000, they are the chief executive of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality council. On 16 August 2024, the council elected Dada Morero to the position.
List of mayors
Johannesburg Metro: 2000–present The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality was established in 2000 and its inaugural council was elected in the municipal elections of that year. NameTerm of officePolitical partyRef.Amos Masondo 20002011African National CongressParks Tau26 May 201122 August 2016African National CongressHerman Mashaba 22 August 201627 November 2019Democratic AllianceGeoff Makhubo 4 December 20199 July 2021African National CongressJolidee Matongo 10 August 202118 September 2021African National CongressMpho Moerane 1 October 202122 November 2021African National CongressMpho Phalatse22 November 202120 September 2022Democratic AllianceDada Morero30 September 202225 October 2022African National CongressMpho Phalatse26 October 202226 January 2023Democratic AllianceThapelo Amad 27 January 202324 April 2023Al Jama-ahKabelo Gwamanda 5 May 202316 August 2024Al Jama-ah Dada Morero 16 August 2024presentAfrican National Congress
Johannesburg: 1897–2000 The following lists the mayors of Johannesburg before the establishment of the present-day metropolitan municipality in 2000. Johan Zulch de Villiers (1897–1900) – appointed by South African Republic Executive Committee Walter Alfred John O'Meara (1900–1902) – appointed by British Military Administration William St. John Carr (1902–1904) George H. Goch (1904–1905) John William Quinn (1905–1906) William K. Tucker (1906–1907) James Thompson (1907–1908) Charles Chudleigh (1908–1909) Harry Graumann (1909–1910) Harry J. Hofmeyr (1910–1911) J. D. Ellis (1911–1912) William Richard Boustred (1912–1913) Norman Anstey (1913–1915) John Wesley O'Hara (1915–1917) T. F. Allen (1917–1919) G. B. Steer (1919–1920) John Christie (1920–1921) S. Hancock (1921–1922) L. Forsyth Allan (1922–1923) M. J. Harris (1923–1924) C. Walters (1924–1925) E. O. Leake (1925–1926) Alfred Law Palmer (1926–1927) W. H. Port (1927–1928) W. Fernhead (1928–1929) D. Anderson (1929–1930) George W. Nelson (1930–1931) D. F. Corlett (1931–1932) B. C. Vickers (1932–1933) D. Penry Roberts (1933–1934) Maurice Freeman (1934–1935) Maldwyn Edmund (1935–1936) Donald W. Mackay (1936–1937) J. S. Fotheringham (1937–1938) J. J. Page (1938–1939) T. A. M. Huddle (1939–1940) T. P. Gray (1940–1941) A. R. Thorburn (1941–1942) L. Leveson (1942–1943) A. S. Holland (1943–1944) A. Immink (1944–1945) Jessie McPherson (1945–1946) James Gray (1946–1947) G. B. Gordon (1947–1948) S. P. Lee (1948–1949) J. Mincer (1949–1950) C. F. Beckett (1950–1951) I. E. B. Attwell (1951–1952) Hyman Miller (1952–1953) C. J. H. Patmore (1953–1954) G. J. Beckett (1954–1955) Leslie Hurd (1955–1956) Max Goodman (1956–1957) T. Glyn Morris (1957–1958) Ian Maltz (1958–1959) Alec Gorshel (1959–1960) D. J. Marais (1960–1962) Keith J. Fleming (1962–1963) J. F. Oberholzer (1963–1964) P. M. Roos (1964–1965) Aleck Joffe (1965–1966) Boyce D. Eagar (1966–1967) C. J. Ross-Spencer (1967–1968) I. Schlapobersky (1968–1969) Patrick R. B. Lewis (1969–1970) S. Moss (1970–1971) Alf Widman (1971–1972) J. C. Lemmer (1972–1973) A. D. Bensusan (1973–1974) Harold Frank Dennis (1974–1975) Max Neppe (1975–1976) Monty Sklaar (1976–1977) Martin Powell (1977–1978) J. S. Otto (1978–1979) J. D. R. Opperman (1979–1980) Carel Venter (1980–1981) Cecil Long (1981–1982) Danie van Zyl (1982–1983) Alan Gadd (1983–1984) Eddy Magid (1984–1985) Ernie Fabel (1985–1986) Harold Rudolph (1986–1987) O. H. Fenn (1987–1988) J. H. van Blerk (1988) David J. Neppe (1988–1989) Koos Roets (1989–1990) William G. L. Janse van Rensburg (1990–1991) Elliot Kretzmer (1991–1992) J. S. Burger (1992–1993) Les Dishy (1993–1994) Dan Pretorius (1994) Isaac Mogase (1995–2000)
See also Timeline of Johannesburg City of Johannesburg elections
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