Sipho Ngwenya was the first democratically elected mayor of the Greater city of Durban.
He was the first black mayor of the city post Apartheid era of South Africa.
Sipho Ngwenya was a member of Inkatha Freedom Party when he was elected as mayor,[1] he was the first citizen of Durban for 2 of the first 5-year democratic term.
During South Africa's first democratic elections of 1994, the province of KwaZulu-Natal was won by Inkatha Freedom Party.
Sipho Ngwenya was one of the first high profile politicians who utilized this bill and crossed from Inkatha Freedom Party to the African National Congress