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​​Mayors of Johannesburg - 1897 to 2017
​General info​
​1897 - 1900 Johan Zulch de Villiers (clerk, farmer, soldier, lawyer)​
1901 - 02 Chairman of council W A J O'Meara (storekeeper)
​1902 - 03 Chairman of council William St John Carr (director of companies)​
​1903 - 04 William St John Carr (director of companies)​
​1904 - 05 G H Goch (mine owner)​
​1905 - 06 J W Quinn (baker)
​1906 - 07 W K Tucker (land surveyor)​
​1907 - 08 J Thompson (builder)
​1908 - 09 C Chudleigh (draper)​
​1909 - 10 H Graumann (financier)
​1910 - 11 H J Hofmeyr (solicitor)
​1911 - 12 J D Ellis (engineer)
​1912 - 13 W R Boustred (merchant)​
​1913 - 15 N Anstey (draper)​
​1915 - 17 J W O'Hara (merchant)
​1917 - 19 T F Allen (estate agent)​
​1919 - 20 G B Steer (fitter)
​1920 - 21 J Christie (retail chemist)
​1921 - 22 S Hancock (baker)
​1922 - 23 L Forsyth Allan (barrister)
​1923 - 24 M J Harris (architect)
​1924 - 25 C Walters (brickmaker)
​1925 - 26 E O Leake (building contractor)
​1926 - 27 Alfred Law Palmer (stationer and printer)​
​1927 - 28 W H Port (wholesale merchant)
​1928 - 29 W Fernhead (solicitor)​
​1929 - 30 D Anderson (builder)​
1930 - 31 Geo W Nelson (oculist)​
​1931 - 32 D F Corlett (building contractor, master builder)
​1932 - 33 B C Vickers (chartered accountant)​
​1933 - 34 D Penry Roberts (draper)​
​1934 - 35 Maurice Freeman (leather merchant)​
​1936 - 37 Donald W Mackay (music retailer)
​1937 - 38 J S Fotheringham (director of companies, baker)
​1938 - 39 J J Page (estate agent)​
​1939 - 40 T A M Huddle (director of companies)​
​1940 - 41 T P Gray (grocer)​
​1941 - 42 A R Thorburn (buyer for Anglo-Transvaal Consolidated Investment Co)​
​1942 - 43 L Leveson (solicitor)
​1943 - 44 A S Holland (teacher, lecturer at Normal College)
​1944 - 45 A Immink (accountant)
​1945 - 46 Jessie McPherson (housewife)​
​1946 - 47 Jas Gray (analytical chemist)
​1947 - 48 G B Gordon (director of companies)
​1948 - 49 S P Lee (industrialist)​
​1949 - 50 J Mincer (director of companies)
​1950 - 51 C F Beckett (builder and contractor)
​1951 - 52 I E B Attwell (director of companies)​
​1952 - 53 H Miller (attorney)
​1953 - 54 C J H Patmore (chartered accountant, director of companies)​
​​1954 - 55 G J Beckett (builder)​
​1955 - 56 Leslie Hurd (estate agent and sworn appraiser)
​1956 - 57 Max Goodman​
​1957 - 58 T Glyn Morris​
​1958 - 59 I Maltz​
​1959 - 60 Alec Gorshel
​1960 - 62 D J Marais​
​1962 - 63 Keith J Fleming​
​1963 - 64 J F Oberholzer
​1964 - 65 P M Roos
​1965 - 66 Aleck Joffe​
​1966 - 67 B D Eagar
​1967 - 68 C J Ross-Spencer​
​1968 - 69 I Schlapobersky
​1969 - 70 P R B Lewis
​1970 - 71 S Moss​
​1971 - 72 A Widman
​1972 - 73 J C Lemmer
​1973 - 74 A D Bensusan​
​1974 - 75 Harold Frank Dennis​
​1975 - 76 Max Neppe
​1976 - 77 Monty Sklaar
​1977 - 78 Martin Powell​
​1978 - 79 J S Otto​
1979 - 80 J D R Opperman
​1980 - 81 Carel Venter
​1981 - 82 Cecil Long
​1982 - 83 Danie van Zyl
​1983 - 84 Alan Gadd
​1984 - 85 Eddy Magid
​1985 - 86 Ernie Fabel
​1986 - 87 Harold Rudolph​
​1987 - 88 O H Fenn
​1988 (March-Oct) J H van Blerk
​1988 - 89 D J Neppe​
​1989 - 90 Koos Roets
​1990 - 91 W G Janse van Rensburg​
​1991 - 92 E Kretmer​
​1992 - 93 J S Burger
​1993 - 94 S Dishy
​1994 (March - Nov) Dan Pretorius​
​1995 - 2000 Isaac Mogase​
​20​00 - 2006 Amos Masondo
​2006 - 2011 Amos Masondo
​2011 - Mpho Parks Tau​
​2016 - 2019 Herman Mashaba
​2019 - 2021 Geoffrey Makhubo
​2021 Jolidee Matongo
​2021 Mpho Moerane
​2021 - 2022 Mpho Phalatse
​2023 Thapelo Amad
​2023 Kabelo Gwamanda​
​​​Johannesburg's Mayors​​​