Mayor of Buffalo City
Incumbent
Princess Faku
since 23 March 2023
StyleThe Honourable
Seat117 Oxford Street, Cnr North & Oxford Streets, Trust Centre, East London
AppointerBuffalo City Council
Term lengthFive years; renewable once
Formation2011
WebsiteOfficial website

The Mayor of Buffalo City, officially the Executive Mayor of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, is the head of local government of South Africa's Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.

Buffalo City was established as a local municipality part of the Amathole District Municipality in 2000; at the 2011 municipal elections the municipality became a metropolitan municipality.

List of mayors

2000–2011: Mayors of the Buffalo City Local Municipality

Name Term of office Political party Ref.
Sindisile Maclean 2000 2006 African National Congress [1]
Ntombentle Peter 2006 2008 African National Congress [2]
Sakhumzi Caga (acting) 2008 2009 African National Congress
Zukisa Faku 2009 2011 African National Congress [3]

2011–present: Mayors of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Name Term of office Political party Ref.
Zukiswa Ncitha 2011 2015 African National Congress [4]
Alfred Mtsi 2015 2016 African National Congress [5]
Xola Pakati 2016 2023 African National Congress [6]
Princess Faku 2023 Incumbent African National Congress

References

  1. "Former Buffalo City Municipality mayor Sindisile Maclean passes away". SABC News. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. "Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | Previous Mayor Profile". www.buffalocity.gov.za. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. "Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | Previous Mayor Profile". www.buffalocity.gov.za. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. "Zukiswa Veronica Ncitha". People's Assembly. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. "Buffalo City Municipality inaugurates new Mayor and Deputy | Infrastructure news". 15 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. "The day SA politics changed". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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