List of mayors of Durban

Below is a list of mayors of Durban, South Africa.

• George Cato (1854–1856)
• 1856–57 Edward Snell and Savery Pinsent
• 1857–58 A W Evans and J R Goodricke
• 1858–59 J R Goodricke and Savery Pinsent
• 1859–60 William Hartley
• 1860–63 Alexander McArthur
• 1863–65 Hugh Gillespie
• 1865–66 John Hunt and R W Tyzack
• 1866–67 Arthur Harvey and John Miller
• 1867–68 Edward Snell
• 1868–69 Edward Snell and William Field
• 1869–70 William Field and J D Ballance
• 1870–71 Richard Vause and William Palmer
• 1871–72 William Palmer
• 1872–73 John Goodliffe
• 1873–74 Edward Flickering
• 1874–75 Richard Vause
• 1875–76 B W Greenacre
• 1876–78 William Arbuckle
• 1878–79 Richard Vause
• 1879–80 H W Currie
• 1880–82 William Arbuckle
• 1882–83 Edward Pickering
• 1883–85 Richard Vause
• 1885–86 J W Stranack
• 1886–87 W E Robarts
• 1887–88 T A O'Flaherty, R L Cunningham, J J Hillier
• 1888–89 J J Hillier
• 1889–92 B V, Greenacre
• 1892–93 A W Leuchars
• 1893–95 George Payne
• 1895–96 R Jameson
• 1896–97 George Payne
• 1897–98 B W Greenacre and John Nicol
• 1898–1901 John Nicol
• 1901–02 Ernest Leslie Acutt
• 1902–05 J Ellis Brown
• 1905–09 C Henwood
• 1909–10 Waiter Greenacre
• 1910–13 F C Hollander
• 1913–15 W Holmes
• 1915–18 J H Nicolson
• 1918–20 T Burman
• 1920–21 T Burman and Fleming Johnston
• 1921–22 Fleming Johnston
• 1922–24 W Gilbert
• 1924–26 T M Wadley
• 1926–28 H L Buzzard
• 1928–29 A Eaton
• 1929–32 Rev. A Lamont
• 1932–33 Oliver Lea
• 1933–34 Percy Osborn
• 1934–35 Dr S Copley
• 1935–39 Fleming Johnston
• 1939–45 R Ellis Brown
• 1945–46 S J Smith
• 1946–47 R Ellis Brown
• 1947–49 Leo Boyd
• 1949–50 Ken Clarke
• 1950–54 Percy Osborn
• 1954–55 R A Carte
• 1955–56 G Vernon Essery
• 1956–57 Percy Osborn
• 1957–58 H W Jackson
• 1958–59 W E Shaw
• 1959–64 C A Milne
• 1964–66 Dr Vernon Shearer
• Margaret Maytom
• 1968–70 T M Warman
• 1970–72 R Goldman
• 1972–74 Ron Williams
• 1974–76 A D Adams
• 1976–78 Dr G J Hollis
• 1978–80 Haydn Bradfield
• 1980–84 Mrs Sybil C Hotz
• 1984–85 Neil MacLennan
• 1985–87 Stanley H Lange
• 1987–88 Henry P Klotz
• 1988–90 D W Watterson
• 1990–91 J A Venter and Gys J Muller
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• Margaret Winter (1992–1993)
• Mike Lipschitz (1993–1996)
• Obed Mlaba (1996–2011)
• James Nxumalo( 2011 - present)