List of mayors of Durban

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

• 1854-56 George Cato
• 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 Millar
• 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
• l896-97 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 Show
• 1959-64 C A Milne
• 1964-66 Dr Vernon Shearer
• 1966-68 Margaret Maytom
• 1968-70 T M Worman
• 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 S 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 G J Muller
• 1991-92 G. J. Muller
• 1992-93 Margaret Winter
• 1993-96 Mike Lipschitz
• 1996-2005: Obed Mlaba
• 2006–2011: Obed Mlaba (as first mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality)
• 2011–2016: James Nxumalo
• 2016–2021: Zandile Gumede
• 2021–2024: Mxolisi Kaunda
• 2024–Present: Cyril Vusumuzi Xaba