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The Municipality of Tulbagh was constituted on 27 August 1861 in terms of Proclamation No 61, 1861 under provision of Ordinance No 9, 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 3285, 3 September 1861).

The lacunae in the archives up to 1969 resulted from the earthquake which occurred in Tulbagh during that year (Cape Archives File 12/4/2 Tulbagh Vol 1).

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Tulbagh Municipality together with the Municipality of Ceres, Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Municipality of Prince Alfred’s Hamlet, Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council and Municipality of Wolseley was disestablished and the Witzenberg Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 487, 22 September 2000). The Witzenberg Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.

The community council system introduced by the Community Councils Act, 1997 (Act 125 of 1997) functioned as the forerunner of municipal authorities for Black urban areas. The latter were established in terms of the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982 (Act 102 of 1982) and replaced the councils. The new Black local authorities were comparable with those existing for white areas (JJN Cloete: South African Local Government and Administration, 1989, p 27).

Mfuleni was one of seven townships with an own local town council in the Western Cape metropolitan area, established in terms of the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982. The town was established as a transit area for migrant workers in 1974, prior to this act. It consisted mainly of hostels, until some free-standing homes were erected in 1976 (Correspondence file of Mfuleni Town Council, 10/1/3/3).

Extensive changes at local government level were brought about by the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act 209 of 1993). Previously separate local authorities were amalgamated and the creation of metropoles and substructures were provided for. In terms of this act, the Cape Metropolitan Council was established in 1995. One of the substructures under its control was that of Tygerberg which was made up of the municipalities of Bellville, Parow, Durbanville, Mfuleni, Lingelethu West and areas such as Elsies River, Belhar, Matroosfontein, Delft, Richwood and Bothasig (Provincial Gazette of the Western Cape Province, No 4929 of 6 February 1995, Proclamation No 18 of 3 February 1995).

The Village Management Board of Niekerkshoop was constituted on 18 June 1906 under provision of Proclamation No 199 in terms of the Villages Management Act of 1881 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 8873, 10 July 1906).

Prior to the establishment of the Village Management Board, a Village Commission was chosen by the inhabitants of Niekerkshoop in 1903 when the village was founded. The Commission ceased to exist on the formation of the Board (3/NKP 1/2/1).

The Village Management Board of Great Brak River was established on 1 December 1943 under provision of section one (1) of Ordinance No 11, 1921 in terms of Proclamation No 135 of 1943 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette, No 2075, 3 December 1943). The Board ceased to function with effect from 1 January 1975 when the Municipality of Great Brak River was established.

The Municipality of Great Brak River was established with effect from 1 January 1975 under the provisions of Section 5(1) and 8(1) of the Municipal Ordinance No 20, 1974 in terms of Proclamation No 414, 1974 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Extraordinary Official Gazette, No 3809, 3 December 1974).

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Municipality of Great Brak River together with the municipalities of Mossel Bay and Herbertsdale, the Friemersheim Transitional Council, and the transitional representative councils of Mossel Bay and Outeniqua, was disestablished and the Mossel Bay Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5592, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 500, 22 September 2000). The Mossel Bay Local Municipality forms part of the larger Eden (now Garden Route) District Municipality.

The Village Management Board of Hopefield was constituted on 24 December 1902 in terms of Proclamation No 282 of 1902 under provision of the Villages Management Act of 1881 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 8505, 30 December 1902).

According to a declaration signed by the Town Clerk, Hopefield on 3 October 1984, the majority of early archives were not preserved.

The Municipality of Hopefield was constituted on 2 April 1914 in terms of Proclamation No 95 of 1914 under provision of Ordinance No 10 of 1912 (Provincial Gazette of Cape of Good Hope No 134, 24 April 1914).

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Municipality of Hopefield together with the Municipality of Langebaan, the Malmesbury Transitional Representative Council and the West Coast Peninsula Transitional Council 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.

According to a declaration signed by the Town Clerk, Hopefield on 3 October 1984, a certain portion of archives have not remained preserved.

The Village Management Board of Ritchie was established on 30 April 1909 under Proclamation No 223 of 1909 in terms of the provisions of the Villages Management Act 1881.

Most of the archives were damaged by floods which occurred in the Ritchie District during 1974.

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 Proclamation No 152 of 15 December 1995 (Establishment of Rural Local Government Structures) the Klein Karoo Regional Services Council was disestablished and replaced by the Klein Karoo District Council (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5004 of 15 December 1995).

On 22 September 2000 the Garden Route (previously Garden Route/Klein Karoo and Eden) District Municipality was established in terms of sections 12 and 14 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette No 5592 of 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 497 of 22 September 2000).

On 21 December 1818, the farms Langerug and Roodedraay in the valley of the Breede River were purchased from the brothers Pieter and Wilhelm du Toit by the Cape Government for 140,000 guilders. At Roodedraay the Governor, Lord Charles Somerset placed a Deputy Landdrost under the Landdrost of Tulbagh and called the place Worcester, in honor of his brother, the Marquis of Worcester. An advertisement titled “Sale of several lots of ground, situated at the entrance of the Hex Rivers Kloof, adjacent to the new sub-drostdy Worcester” appeared in the Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, No 723 dated 20 November 1819.

On 28 and 29 February 1820 the first sale of the plots took place when eighty- nine were sold. On 13 October 1841 in terms of the provisions of Ordinance no 9 dated 15 August 1836 titled “An ordinance for the creation of Municipal Boards in the towns and villages of this Colony, on which the local regulations of each shall be founded”, a meeting of resident householders was held at Worcester. At this meeting, certain municipal regulations were adopted and forwarded to the Governor, Sir George Napier for approval.

The approved and amended regulations, among other things stated:
The municipality of Worcester shall comprehend the town, the common pasture, and other lands formerly belonging to the places “Rodewal” and “Langerug”, in their present extent;
The town shall be divided into four wards, to each ward one wardmaster with an assistant shall be appointed by the commissioners, who shall draw out their instructions;
Three commissioners shall be elected for the Municipality … and any two of them shall form a quorum.” The council met for the first time on 5 January 1842. On 30 September 1895, Sir Hercules Robinson proclaimed the Municipality of Worcester, a municipality under the provisions of the “Municipal Act, 1882”.
The municipality was to be bounded as follows:
“North-west by Aan de Mond van Hartebeeste Rivier, Crown Land, and Hartebeeste Rivier, West by Hartebeeste Rivier, North-east by Glen Heatlie, Zeekoegats Berg, Meirings Berg, and Tweefonteinen, South-east by Meirings Berg, Annex Oude Wagendrift, Aan de Doorn Rivier, and Papenkuils Vallei, West by Oude Wagendrift, and Papenkuils Vallei, South-west by Papenkuils Vallei, and the Breede River”. The Municipal Council was to consist of six members.
Ordinance No 10 of 1912 titled “Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Municipalities” consolidated and revised the regulations governing municipal authorities in the Cape Province. This Ordinance formed the basis of municipal government from 1912 to 1950. During this period various minor additions and amendments were made to municipal legislation in the Cape Province and these also became applicable to the Municipality of Worcester.
Under the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act 209 of 1993), the local government bodies within the Worcester Forum Area, namely the Municipality for the Area of Worcester and Zweletemba Town Council, were dissolved with effect from 1 October 1994, and the Worcester Transitional Local Council was established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 4882, 30 September 1994, Proclamation No 57, 30 September 1994).
Under the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998), the existing Worcester Transitional Local Council, along with other municipalities, was disestablished, and the Breede Valley Local Municipality was established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 490, 22 September 2000). The Breede Valley Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.

The Swellendam Municipality was created by a proclamation dated 23 June 1843 published in Government Gazette No 1958 of 30 June 1843. The municipality was proclaimed under the provisions of Ordinance No 9 of 15 August 1836.

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structure Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Swellendam Municipality together with Barrydale Municipality, Bredasdorp Transitional Representative Council, Infanta Transitional Local Council, Langeberg Transitional Representative Council, Suurbraak Transitional Local Council, Swellendam Transitional Representative Council, and Wynland Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and Swellendam Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5591, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 496, 22 September 2000). The Swellendam Local Municipality forms part of the larger Overberg District Municipality.