Mkambati was a leper colony from 1922 to 1976 with restricted access by local communities who had been removed from the area. In 1976, the leper colony was closed down, and in 1977, part of the land was declared a state protected area.
In 1855 a municipal sub-committee recommended the erection of a hospital in Port Elizabeth and thus a Provincial Committee for the Management of the Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital came into being to guide its establishment in November 1855. While the building of the hospital was being undertaken, a temporary hospital was opened on 10 September 1856.
In 1856, Act No 5 for Regulating the Provincial Hospital at Port Elizabeth (CCP 6/2/1/1) was passed, which vested all control of the institution in a Board of Managers.
The completed hospital building was occupied in 1859 and the temporary hospital closed. By 1900 the need for a new hospital was realized and the foundation stone of this hospital was laid in 1912.
In terms of Ordinance No 5 of 1912 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 218, 27 January 1912), Hospital Districts were created in Divisional Council areas. Hospital Boards, named after the division or town in which the main hospital was situated, were constituted to control and manage all institutions under and created by them.
The Village Management of Riebeek East was constituted on 19 June 1928 in term of Proclamation No 143 of 1928 under provision of the Villages Management Act of 1881 (Province of the Cap of Good Hope Official Gazette No 1157 dated 6 July 1928).
The Municipality of Murraysburg was constituted on 10 March 1860 in terms of Proclamation No 16 of 1860 under provision of Ordinance No 9 of 1836.
In terms of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act 209 of 1993) the local government bodies in the Murraysburg Forum Area, namely the Municipality of Murraysburg and the Management Committee of Murraysburg, was dissolved and a transitional local council under the name “Municipality of Murraysburg” was established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 4885, 21 October 1994, Proclamation No 65, 5 October 1994).
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Municipality of Murraysburg together with other municipalities was disestablished and the Beaufort West Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5593, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 508, 22 September 2000). The Beaufort West Local Municipality forms part of the larger Central Karoo District Municipality.
ARCHIVES OF THE MULTI-PARTY NEGOTIATING PROCESS 1993 1. ADMINISTRATIVE OUTLINE 1.1 Introduction During the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), I and II in 1991 and 1992, violence and intimidation continued to ravage the country. ANC_SACP_COSATU alliance suspended all the talks with the government and launched a three-month plan of mass action, which later was suspended due to economic reasons and the effect that it would cause on peace negotiations. In 1993, there was a general consensus that negotiations aimed at drawing up a new constitution must be resumed although bilateral talks between political groups differed, especially regarding the role of regional government in a new constitution. Multi-Party negotiating process was held in 1993 at the World Trade Centre in Johannesburg. It was pyramid in structure, with the Plenary at the top, followed by the Negotiating Forum, Negotiating Council and the Planning Committee. The Negotiating Council later formed seven Technical Committees. The Negotiating Council and the Planning Committee were at the heart of the Multi-party negotiating process.
During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people (former Northern Transvaal) . It became a semi - independent national state in 1972. In 1994 , it was reincorporated into South Africa and it became part of the Limpopo Province.
