Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality Stellenbosch
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/STB
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1840 - 2012
History
The Stellenbosch Municipality was created by virtue of a proclamation published in Government Gazette No 1798 of 5 June 1840. The first meeting of the Commissioners of the Municipality took place on 29 June 1840. In terms of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act 209 of 1993) the Stellenbosch Transitional Local Council was established on 1 February 1995 (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette No 4925, 31 January 1995, Proclamation No 28, 30 January 1995). In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Stellenbosch Transitional Local Council together with the Municipality for the Area of Franschhoek, Nuweberg Transitional Representative Council, Paarl Transitional Representative Council, Pniel Transitional Local Council and Stellenbosch Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and the Stellenbosch Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 489, 22 September 2000). The Stellenbosch Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.
Places
Western Cape Province.
Cape Province.
Stellenbosch.
Cape Province.
Stellenbosch.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
3/STB
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
17 June 2021 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Government Gazette of the Cape Colony.
Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette.
Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette.