Durban Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Government == {{Further|eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality|Mayors of Durban}}With the end of [[apartheid]], Durban was subject to restructuring of local government. Its first mayor was [[Sipho Ngwenya]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} In 1996, the city became part of the ''Durban UniCity'' in July 1996 as part of transitional arrangements and to ''eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality'' in 1999, with the adoption of South Africa's new municipal governance system. In July 1996, [[Obed Mlaba]] was appointed mayor of Durban UniCity; in 1999 he was elected mayor of the eThekwini municipality and re-elected in 2006. Following the May 2011 local elections, [[James Nxumalo]], the former speaker of the council, was elected as the new mayor. On 23 August 2016 Zandile Gumede was elected as the new mayor until 13 August 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.enca.com/south-africa/ancs-zandile-gumede-is-the-new-mayor-of-ethekwini|title=ANC's Zandile Gumede is the new mayor of eThekwini|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019042233/https://www.enca.com/south-africa/ancs-zandile-gumede-is-the-new-mayor-of-ethekwini|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 5 September 2019 Mxolisi Kaunda was sworn in as the new mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/kwazulu-natal/mxolisi-kaunda-is-officially-durbans-new-mayor-31888285|title=Mxolisi Kaunda is officially Durban's new mayor|website=IOL|first=Mphathi|last=Nxumalo|date=September 5, 2019}}</ref> The name of the Durban municipal government, prior to the post-apartheid reorganisations of municipalities, was the ''Durban Corporation'' or ''City of Durban''.<ref>[http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/government/bylaws/durban-corporation-transport-bylaws Durban Corporation Bylaws] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906142926/http://www1.durban.gov.za/durban/government/bylaws/durban-corporation-transport-bylaws |date=6 September 2015 }}''eThekwini Online''.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page