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The Village Management Board of Tsolo was established on 18 November 1910 in terms of Proclamation No 100 of 1910 under provision of Proclamation No 79 of 1901 (The Province of the Cape of Hood Hope Official Gazette No 58, 16 December 1910).

From October 1976 the village of Tsolo Came under the jurisdiction of the independent Transkeian Government.

In 1994 Tsolo became part of the Eastern Cape Province. It forms part of the Mhlontlo Local Municipality, one of five local municipalities that falls under the OR Tambo District Municipality.

The Village Management Board of Hoedjes Bay was established on 20 November 1916 under provision of the Villages Management Act of 1881 according to Proclamation No 246, 1916 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 246, 1 December 1916).

From 6 March 1942 the Village Management Board of Hoedjes Bay was renamed the Village Management Board of Saldanha Bay under virtue of Section 4 of the Village Management Boards Ordinance of 1921 according to Proclamation No 13, 1942 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 1981, 6 March 1942).

The Board continued to function until Saldanha Bay obtained municipal status in March 1954.

By virtue of Proclamation No 408 of 26 November 1974 under provision of the Saldanha Bay Municipal Administration Ordinance No 16 of 1974 and Municipal Ordinance No 19 of 1951, the Municipality of Vredenburg was combined with the Municipality of Saldanha and the name Vredenburg-Saldanha Municipality assigned to it (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 3808, 29 November 1974).

In terms of the Local Government Transition Act (Act No 209 of 1993), the Municipality of Vredenburg-Saldanha was dissolved and the West Coast Peninsula Transitional Council was established in terms of Proclamation No 104 of 1994, dated 30 December 1994 (Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary, No 4914, 30 December 1994) to govern and represent in respect of its area of jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Ordinance, 1974 (Ordinance 20 of 1974).

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing West Coast Peninsula Transitional Council together with the Municipality of Langebaan, the Malmesbury Transitional Representative Council and the Municipality of Hopefield was disestablished and the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5589, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 484, 22 September 2000). The Saldanha Bay Local Municipality forms part of the larger West Coast District Municipality.

The Village Management Board of Nqamakwe was established on 20 March 1906 in terms of Proclamation No 73 under provision of Proclamation No 79 of 1901 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 8841, 20 March 1906).

On the establishment of the Transkeian Townships Board, the Village Management Area of Nqamakwe was officially abolished on 15 September 1972 in terms of Proclamation No 354 under section 4(b) of the Village Management Board Ordinance No 10, 1921 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 3688, 22 September 1972). With independence in October 1976, Nqamakwe fell under the authority of the Republic of Transkei.

In 1994 Nqawakwe became part of the Eastern Cape Province. It forms part of the Mnquma Local Municipality, one of six local municipalities that falls under the Amathole District Municipality.

The Local Board of Jeffreys Bay was established on 30 October 1925 in terms of Proclamation No 210 under provision of section 1(1) of Ordinance No 11, 1921 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 1003, 16 November 1925).

The Village Management Board of Jeffreys Bay was established on 18 July 1930 in terms of Proclamation No 121 under provision of section 4(a) of Ordinance No 10, 1921 and section 2(a) of Ordinance No 11, 1921 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 1275, 25 July 1930).

By proclamation of 18 November 1847 a municipal board for Port Elizabeth was established, consisting of eight commissioners (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 2190 of 18 November 1847). By Act No 3 of 1860 Port Elizabeth became a municipality under the control of a mayor and town council. This act was re-enacted with amendments by Act No 14 of 1868. By Ordinance No 13 of 1913 the status of the municipality was elevated to that of a city.

In 2001, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality was formed as an administrative area covering Port Elizabeth, the neighbouring towns of Uitenhage and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas.

In 2019, the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee (ECGNC) announced that the city of Port Elizabeth would likely have its name changed to Gqeberha, a Xhosa word used to refer to the Baakens River, which flows through the city. The proposal garnered significant local opposition. Despite this, on 23 February 2021, the city was officially renamed Gqeberha.

Act No 1 of 1872, the Constitution Ordinance Amendment Act, which gave the Cape responsible government, entrusted the administration of the blacks within the Colony who were “not sufficiently civilized to be brought under ordinary law” to the Secretary for Native Affairs. Mr Charles Brownlee was the first appointee in this post.

In 1893 the administration of Native Affairs was entrusted to the Prime Minister with the Under Secretary for Native Affairs acting as the immediate head of this branch of the Prime Minister’s Office. On 1 July 1897 the relevant position was renamed Superintendent of Native Affairs. In July 1899 this designation was discarded and that of Secretary to the Native Affairs Department substituted. The Native Affairs Department continued to remain part of the Prime Minister's Office until Union in 1910.

The Colonial Secretary was the most important government official at the Cape during the Second British Occupation. Initially, the majority of the governmental administrative powers were vested in him. The constitutional changes during the latter half of the nineteenth century resulted in an increase in the number of government departments and a decentralisation of functions.

After the capitulation of the Colony to the British authorities in 1806 a Secretary to Government was nominated, but only in May 1807 was a permanent Secretary and Register of Records appointed, who was to be assisted by a deputy.

All acts done and order issued in the name of the Governor were to be by the Secretary and Register of Records, and fees, which would be audited and paid to His Majesty’s Receiver General quarterly, were to be received in his office. As administrative head all letters and memorials from departments and individuals on colonial and civil matters were to be sent to the Colonial Secretary’s Office.

The Colonial Secretary often officiated as head of government during the Governor’s absence, although he was not officially empowered to do so.

The Colonial Secretary was, by virtue of his position, to be a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils which were established in 1834. After the introduction of representative government in 1854, the Colonial Secretary was permitted to take part in discussions in both the House of Assembly and Legislative Council, but could not vote.

In 1872 the Cape Colony received responsible government which resulted in the establishment of the ministerial divisions of the Colonial Secretary, the Secretary for Native Affairs, the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works and the Attorney-General. Each ministerial head was responsible for the duties connected with the administration and accounting of various government departments. The Colonial Secretary’s portfolio included the departments of his own office, agriculture, divisional courts and police, education, post office, and medicine (hospitals), and these departments therefore correspond with and reported to him.

For practical purposes the ministerial portfolios were altered from time to time. In 1892 the duties connected with the various agriculture departments and in 1893 those connected with the post office, agent-general and auditor-general were transferred from the Colonial Secretary to the Treasurer, in in 1894 those of the divisional courts and police to the Attorney-General. Certain departments, formerly attached to the divisions of other ministers, were again assigned to that of the Colonial Secretary, for example the departments of printing and stationary in 1882, of convicts, prisons, industries and the Porter Reformatory in 1894, defence and the Cape Mounted Police in 1904, and the newly established Department of Public Health in 1907.

Within the Colonial Secretary’s department itself the volume of correspondence and administrative duties resulted in the creation of branches of the office. In 1891 a chief clerk was appointed to head the local government and public health branch. On the establishment of a separate public health department in 1907 the title of the branch was altered to the Local Government and Hospitals Branch.

In 1902 the administrative and convict branches were amalgamated under a chief clerk. The title of the Defence and Police Branch, which resulted after the transfer of the administration of the respective departments in 1904, was changed to the Defence Branch on the assigning of the administration of the Cape Mounted Police to the Attorney-General’s portfolio in 1908. The Defence Branch of the Colonial Secretary’s Office continued to handle matters relating to defence such as medals, arms and ammunition and explosives.

From 1905 an officer was placed in charge of the Immigration and Labour Branch of the Colonial Secretary’s Office to exercise the duties of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1904) and the Immigration Act (1902) formerly performed by the Medical Officer of Health.

The Colonial Secretary’s department was also responsible for performing the duties in connection with specific acts. From 1883 all applications for naturalisation papers were to be made to him whereas such applications had formerly been in the form of memorials addressed to the Governor. From 1891 the management of the Life Assurance Act (1891) was assigned to the Colonial Secretary’s department. In 1899 the sale of arms and ammunition was limited with permits obtainable from the Colonial Secretary.

On the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 the office of the Colonial Secretary was abolished, and the duties assigned to the Minister of the Interior.