William Bantom

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Rev. William Bantom (born 1946?) was mayor of Cape Town from 1995 to 2000.^{[citation needed]} He was the city's first black mayor.^[1] He was elected in the first non-racial local government elections in 1995.

He was forced to resign as mayor and expelled from the New National Party in 2000 as a result of breaching company policies regarding appropriate use of work devices.

He is a minister in the Church of the Nazarene.

1. ^ "S. African mayor caught with child porn, resigns". Calgary Herald. 14 September 2000. ProQuest 244826441. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

Preceded by Patricia Kreiner

Mayor of Cape Town 1995–2000

Succeeded by Peter Marais

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