Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay

Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay
since 26 May 2023
StyleThe Honourable
ResidenceNo official residence
SeatCity Hall, 1st floor, Vusi Dlamini Square, Central, Gqeberha, 6000
AppointerNelson Mandela Bay Municipal Council
Formation2000
First holderNceba Faku
WebsiteOfficial website

The Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, officially the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, is the head of the local government of South Africa's Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, established in 2000.

The current mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay is Gary van Niekerk of the National Alliance (NA), who was elected on 26 May 2023. He succeeded Retief Odendaal of the Democratic Alliance (DA), who was removed in a motion of no confidence earlier that day.[1]

List of mayors

Name Term of office Political party Ref.
Christopher Nceba Faku 2001 2006 African National Congress
Nondumiso Maphazi 2006 2009 African National Congress [2]
Zanoxolo Wayile 2009 2013 African National Congress [3]
Ben Fihla 2013 2015 African National Congress [4]
Danny Jordaan 2015 2016 African National Congress [5]
Athol Trollip 2016 2018 Democratic Alliance [6]
Mongameli Bobani 2018 2019 United Democratic Movement [7]
Tshonono Buyeye (acting) 2019 2020 African Independent Congress [8]
Nqaba Bhanga 2020 2021 Democratic Alliance [9]
Eugene Johnson 2021 2022 African National Congress [10]
Retief Odendaal 2022 2023 Democratic Alliance [11]
Gary van Niekerk 2023 Present National Alliance [12]

References

  1. ^ "Northern Alliance's Gary Van Niekerk elected new NMB Mayor". SABC News. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ^ "News - Engineering Advice and Services". www.easpe.co.za. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ^ "Zanoxolo Wayile appointed Mayor of Nelson Mandela Metro | SAnews". www.sanews.gov.za. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ^ "New mayor: Age ain't nothing but a number". News24. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. ^ Correspondent, Derrick Spies, News24. "Danny Jordaan ANC's choice to replace Nelson Mandela Bay mayor". News24. Retrieved 2023-07-10. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Koyana, Xolani. "DA's Athol Trollip officially elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. ^ "Mongameli Bobani becomes Nelson Mandela Bay's new mayor". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  8. ^ McCain, Nicole. "DA threatens legal action to have new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor appointed". News24. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  9. ^ Persens, Lizell. "EC DA leader Nqaba Bhanga elected new NMB Mayor". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  10. ^ Bezuidenhout, Candice. "ANC's Eugene Johnson elected Nelson Mandela Bay's new executive mayor". News24. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  11. ^ "DA Councillor Retief Odendaal elected as new Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  12. ^ "Gary Van Niekerk takes over Nelson Mandela Bay mayorship". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2023-07-10.