This is a list of Mayors of Durban, South Africa. The Mayor of Durban is the chief executive of the City Council and the highest elected position in the city of Durban, South Africa.
1854-1910
- George Christopher Cato, 1854–1856
- Edward Snell, 1856, 1867–69
- Savery Pinsent, 1856–57, 1859
- A W Evans, 1857–58
- J R Goodricke, 1857–59
- William Hartley, 1859–60
- Alexander McArthur, 1860–63
- Hugh Gillespie, 1863–65
- John Hunt and R W Tyzack, 1865–66
- Arthur Harvey and John Miller, 1866–67
- William Field, 1869–70
- J D Ballance, 1870
- William Palmer, 1871–72
- John Goodliffe, 1872–73
- Edward Pickering, 1873–74, 1882–83
- Richard Vause, 1870–71, 1874–75, 1878–79, 1883–85
- B W Greenacre, 1875–76, 1889–92, 1897–98
- William Arbuckle, 1876–78, 1880–82
- H W Currie, 1879–80
- J W Stranack, 1885–86
- W E Robarts, 1886–87
- T A O’Flaherty, R L Cunningham, 1887–88
- J J Hillier, 1887–89
- A W Leuchars, 1892–93
- George Payne, 1893–95, 1896–97
- R Jameson, 1895–96
- John Nicol, 1897–1901
- Ernest Leslie Acutt, 1901–02
- J Ellis Brown, 1902–05
- C Henwood, 1905–09
- Walter Greenacre, 1909–10
1910-2000
- F C Hollander, 1910–13
- W Holmes, 1913–15
- J H Nicolson, 1915–18
- T Burman, 1918–20
- T Burman and Fleming Johnston, 1920–21
- Fleming Johnston, 1921–22
- W Gilbert, 1922–24
- T M Wadley, 1924–26
- H L Buzzard, 1926–28
- A Eaton, 1928–29
- The Revd Archibald Lamont, 1929–32
- Oliver Lea, 1932–33
- Percy Osborn, 1933–34
- Dr S Copley, 1934–35
- Fleming Johnston, 1935–39
- R Ellis Brown, 1939–45, 1946–47
- S J Smith, 1945–46
- Leo Boyd, 1947–49
- Ken Clarke, 1949–50
- Percy Osborn, 1950–54
- R A Carte, 1954–55
- G Vernon Essery, 1955–56
- Percy Osborn, 1956–57
- H W Jackson, 1957–58
- W E Shaw, 1958–59
- C A Milne, 1959–64
- Dr Vernon Shearer, 1964–66
- Margaret Maytom
- T M Warman, 1968–70
- R Goldman, 1970–72
- Ron Williams, 1972–74
- A D Adams, 1974–76
- Dr G J Hollis, 1976–78
- Haydn Bradfield, 1978–80
- Mrs Sybil C Hotz, 1980–84
- Neil MacLennan, 1984–85
- Stanley H Lange, 1985–87
- Henry P Klotz, 1987–88
- D W Watterson, 1988–90
- J A Venter and G J Müller, 1990–92
- Margaret Winter, 1992–93
- Mike Lipschitz, 1993–96
- Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011
Since 2000 (eThekwini Municipality)
- Obed Mlaba, 1996–2011
- James Nxumalo, 2011–2016
- Zandile Gumede, 2016–2019
- Mxolisi Kaunda, 2019–present