List of mayors of Pietermaritzburg
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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 [1]
W.J. O'Brien, circa 1905 [2]
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H. Collins, circa 1934
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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.
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