Mayor of Johannesburg

Mayor of Johannesburg
Mayor of Johannesburg
	Incumbent; Dada Morero; since 16 August 2024
Member of	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
Inaugural holder	Johan Zulch de Villiers
Formation	1897

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. The position remained vacant from 24 April 2023, when Thapelo Amad announced his resignation after less than three months in office. On 16 August 2024, the council elected Dada Morero to the position.^[1]

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.

	Term of office		Political party	Ref.
Amos Masondo	2000	2011	African National Congress	^[2]
Parks Tau	26 May 2011	22 August 2016	African National Congress	^[2]
Herman Mashaba	22 August 2016	27 November 2019	Democratic Alliance	^[3]
Geoff Makhubo	4 December 2019	9 July 2021	African National Congress	^[4]
Jolidee Matongo	10 August 2021	18 September 2021	African National Congress	^[5]
Mpho Moerane	1 October 2021	22 November 2021	African National Congress	^[6]^[7]
Mpho Phalatse	22 November 2021	20 September 2022	Democratic Alliance	^[8]
Dada Morero^{[Note 1]}	30 September 2022	25 October 2022	African National Congress	^[9]
Mpho Phalatse	26 October 2022	26 January 2023	Democratic Alliance	^[10]
Thapelo Amad	27 January 2023	24 April 2023	Al Jama-ah	^[11]
Kabelo Gwamanda	5 May 2023	16 August 2024	Al Jama-ah	^[12]
Dada Morero	16 August 2024	present	African National Congress	^[1]

Johannesburg: 1897–2000

The following lists the mayors of Johannesburg before the establishment of the present-day metropolitan municipality in 2000.^[2]

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)
J. 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)

Notes

^ In October 2022, the Johannesburg High Court ruled that Phalatse's removal from office, and therefore Morero's election, was unlawful and invalid. Phalatse was reinstated.

References

^ ^a ^b Mafisa, Itumeleng (16 August 2024). "BREAKING: Morero elected as Johannesburg mayor again!". The Citizen. Johannesburg. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Johannesburg's mayors". City of Johannesburg. 10 February 2004. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ "Herman Mashaba elected Johannesburg mayor, marking the end of ANC rule in the city". The Mail & Guardian. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ Mailovich, Claudi (4 December 2019). "ANC regains control of City of Johannesburg". Business Day. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Njilo, Nonkululeko (10 August 2021). "Jolidee Matongo becomes new mayor of Joburg unopposed". Sowetan Live. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ Mahlati, Zintle (1 October 2021). "'Emotional' Mpho Moerane sworn in as new Joburg mayor". News24. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "Mpho Moerane elected Johannesburg mayor". www.enca.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "DA's Mpho Phalatse elected new executive mayor of Johannesburg". The Citizen. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Mpho Phalatse ousted, Dada Morero is the new mayor of Joburg". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "Court declares removal of Phalatse as Joburg mayor unlawful". EWN. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ "Al Jamah's Thapelo Amad touted to be Joburg's new mayor". 27 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "Al Jamah's new mayor". 27 January 2023.

[Note01-9] In October 2022, the Johannesburg High Court ruled that Phalatse's removal from office, and therefore Morero's election, was unlawful and invalid. Phalatse was reinstated.

[Morero2-1] Mafisa, Itumeleng (16 August 2024). "BREAKING: Morero elected as Johannesburg mayor again!". The Citizen. Johannesburg. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[:0-2] "Johannesburg's mayors". City of Johannesburg. 10 February 2004. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

[3] "Herman Mashaba elected Johannesburg mayor, marking the end of ANC rule in the city". The Mail & Guardian. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[4] Mailovich, Claudi (4 December 2019). "ANC regains control of City of Johannesburg". Business Day. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[5] Njilo, Nonkululeko (10 August 2021). "Jolidee Matongo becomes new mayor of Joburg unopposed". Sowetan Live. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[6] Mahlati, Zintle (1 October 2021). "'Emotional' Mpho Moerane sworn in as new Joburg mayor". News24. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[7] "Mpho Moerane elected Johannesburg mayor". www.enca.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

[8] "DA's Mpho Phalatse elected new executive mayor of Johannesburg". The Citizen. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[10] "Mpho Phalatse ousted, Dada Morero is the new mayor of Joburg". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[11] "Court declares removal of Phalatse as Joburg mayor unlawful". EWN. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

[:02-12] "Al Jamah's Thapelo Amad touted to be Joburg's new mayor". 27 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

[NEW-13] "Al Jamah's new mayor". 27 January 2023.

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