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.
| Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay | |
|---|---|
since 31 October 2024 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Residence | No official residence |
| Seat | City Hall, 1st floor, Vusi Dlamini Square, Central, Gqeberha, 6000 |
| Appointer | Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Council |
| Formation | 2000 |
| First holder | Nceba Faku |
| Website | Official website |
The current mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay is Babalwa Lobishe[1] of the African National Congress (ANC), who was elected unopposed on 31 October 2024. She succeeded 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.[2]
List of mayors
edit| Name | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Nceba Faku | 2001 | 2006 | African National Congress | ||
| Nondumiso Maphazi | 2006 | 2009 | African National Congress | [3] | |
| Zanoxolo Wayile | 2009 | 2013 | African National Congress | [4] | |
| Ben Fihla | 2013 | 2015 | African National Congress | [5] | |
| Danny Jordaan | 2015 | 2016 | African National Congress | [6] | |
| Athol Trollip | 2016 | 2018 | Democratic Alliance | [7] | |
| Mongameli Bobani | 2018 | 2019 | United Democratic Movement | [8] | |
| Tshonono Buyeye (acting) | 2019 | 2020 | African Independent Congress | [9] | |
| Nqaba Bhanga | 2020 | 2021 | Democratic Alliance | [10] | |
| Eugene Johnson | 2021 | 2022 | African National Congress | [11] | |
| Retief Odendaal | 2022 | 2023 | Democratic Alliance | [12] | |
| Gary van Niekerk | 2023 | 2024 | National Alliance | ||
| Babalwa Lobishe | 2024 | Incumbent | African National Congress | ||
References
edit- ↑ "ANC's Babalwa Lobishe elected new Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality mayor". 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Northern Alliance's Gary Van Niekerk elected new NMB Mayor". SABC News. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ "News - Engineering Advice and Services". www.easpe.co.za. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ "Zanoxolo Wayile appointed Mayor of Nelson Mandela Metro | SAnews". www.sanews.gov.za. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ "New mayor: Age ain't nothing but a number". News24. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ Correspondent, Derrick Spies, News24. "Danny Jordaan ANC's choice to replace Nelson Mandela Bay mayor". News24. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Koyana, Xolani. "DA's Athol Trollip officially elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ "Mongameli Bobani becomes Nelson Mandela Bay's new mayor". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ McCain, Nicole. "DA threatens legal action to have new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor appointed". News24. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ Persens, Lizell. "EC DA leader Nqaba Bhanga elected new NMB Mayor". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ Bezuidenhout, Candice. "ANC's Eugene Johnson elected Nelson Mandela Bay's new executive mayor". News24. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ↑ "DA Councillor Retief Odendaal elected as new Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 10 July 2023.