List of mayors of Pietermaritzburg explained

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
• 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 https://books.google.com/books?id=vvZAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA483
• W.J. O'Brien, circa 1905 https://books.google.com/books?id=kdc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA404
• ?
• H. Collins, circa 1934
• ?

Msunduzi Local Municipality

• Hloni Glenford Zondi, circa 2000-2006
• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Story of an African City . J. Forsyth Ingram . C. Coester. Pietermaritzburg . 1898 . List of mayors of Pietermaritzburg, since the incorporation of the borough in 1854 . https://archive.org/stream/storyofafricanci00ingrrich#page/194/mode/1up . .
2. Book: Who's Who. 1903. . London.
3. Web site: Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi . 16 March 2006 . .
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060924173856/http://www.msunduzi.gov.za/home/Home.php . Msunduzi.gov.za . 24 September 2006 . dead . Msunduzi Municipality . .
5. Web site: MEC fires official for 13 charges . 21 January 2011 . Iol.co.za .
6. Web site: Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality . 23 December 2011 . Iol.co.za .
7. Web site: Njilo to run for mayor . . 20 June 2016 .
8. Web site: 'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo . Maritzburgsun.co.za . 24 August 2016 .