The Municipality of Uniondale was established on 15 November 1880 in terms of Proclamation No 140, 1880, under provision of Ordinance No 9, 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 6084, 19 November 1880).
The Municipality of Uniondale was abolished with effect from 1 April 1978 in terms of Proclamation No 398, 1977 under provision of section 8(1) of the Municipal Ordinance, 1974 and Divisional Councils’ Ordinance, 1976. The area designated as Uniondale was assigned the name of Uniondale Local Area situated in the Division of Klein Karoo-Langkloof (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 3972, 9 December 1977).
The Village Management Board of Bellville was established on 12 May 1922 under the provisions of Ordinance 10 of 1921.
The Municipality of Bellville was constituted on 10 July 1940 under Proclamation No 126 of 1940 in terms of the provisions of section 4(b) of Ordinance No 10 of 1921 and section 8(1) of Ordinance No 14 1938. The first election of councillors for the Municipality took place on 24 September 1940 in terms of Section 60 of Ordinance No 10 of 1912.
In terms of Proclamation No 27 of 28 May 1996 the Tygerburg Substructure was established on 29 May 1996 with the amalgamation of the municipalities of Parow, Bellville, Goodwood, Lingelethu West, Durbanville and Mfuleni and parts of Cape Town, Milnerton and the Cape Metropolitan Board (Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary, No 5051, 28 May 1996).
The Village Management Board of Montagu was established on 12 January 1882 under Proclamation No 6 of 1882 in terms of the provisions of the Village Management Act of 1881.
The Municipality of Montagu was constituted on 25 January 1895 under Proclamation No 27 of 1895 in terms of the provisions of the Municipality Act of 1882.
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Transitional Council of the Municipality of Montagu (established in terms of Proclamation No 16 of 30 September 1994) together with other municipalities was disestablished and the Breede River/Winelands (later Langeberg) Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 491, 22 September 2000). The Langeberg Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.
A Municipality was established at Ladismith on 29 January 1862 under the provisions of Ordinance No 9 of 1836.
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Ladismith Municipality together with other municipalities was disestablished and the Kannaland Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5592, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 498, 22 September 2000). The Kannaland Local Municipality forms part of the larger Garden Route District Municipality.
The Municipality of George was granted Municipal Regulations on 24 March 1837 under the provisions of Ordinance 9 of 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 1631 of 24 March 1937).
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Municipality of George, Wilderness Municipality, Outeniqua Transitional Representative Council and the Bo-Langkloof Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and the George Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5592, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 501, 22 September 2000). The George Local Municipality forms part of the larger Garden Route (formerly Eden) District Municipality.
The office of Market Master was established in terms of Market Regulations which were promulgated on 14 October 1847 by virtue of Ordinance No 6 of 1837 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 2185, 14 October 1847).
The Municipality of Wellington was constituted on 6 March 1873 under provision of Proclamation No 21, 1873, in terms of Ordinance No 9 of 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 4536, 18 March 1873).
In terms of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act 209 of 1993) the local government bodies within the Wellington Forum Area, namely the Municipality of Wellington and the Management Committee of Wellington, was dissolved with effect from 1 January 1995 and the Wellington Transitional Council established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette No 4914, 30 December 1994, Proclamation No 105, 28 December 1994).
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Wellington Transitional Local Council together with the Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Paarl Transitional Representative Council, Paarl Municipality, Saron Transitional Local Council and Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and the Drakenstein Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 488, 22 September 2000). The Drakenstein Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.
The Village Management Board of Vredenburg was established on 9 June 1905 in terms of Proclamation No 215, 1905 under provision of the Villages Management Act, 1881 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 8769, 11 July 1905).
The Municipality of Vredenburg was constituted on 8 March 1932 in terms of Proclamation No 48, 1932 under provision of Ordinance No 10, 1921 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 1376, 11 March 1932).
By virtue of Proclamation No 408 of 26 November 1974 under provision of the Saldanha Bay Municipal Administration Ordinance No 16, 1974 and Municipal Ordinance No 19, 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).
The Village Management Board of Wolseley was constituted on 15 March 1898 under provision of Proclamation No 97 in terms of the Village Management Board Act of 1881 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 8006, 15 March 1898).
The Municipality of Wolseley was established with effect from 1 August 1955 under provision of Proclamation No 58 of 1955 in terms of Municipal Ordinance No 19 of 1951 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 2753, 22 April 1955).
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Wolseley Municipality together with the Municipality of Ceres, Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Municipality of Prince Alfred’s Hamlet, Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council and Municipality of Tulbagh 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 Village Management Board of Caledon was established on 25 November 1839, under the provisions of Ordinance 9 of 1836.
The Municipality was constituted on 11 January 1884 under proclamation No 10 of 1884 in terms of the provisions of the Municipality Act of 1882.
The Municipality of Caledon ceased to exist from December 2000 when it amalgamated with Genadendal, Grabouw, Greyton, Riversonderend, Villiersdorp, Botriver and Tesselaarsdal to form the Theewaterskloof Municipality.
The Municipality of Ceres was constituted on 11 October 1864 under Proclamation No 53 of 1864 in terms of Ordinance No 9 of 1836.
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Ceres Municipality together with the Municipality of Wolseley, Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Municipality of Prince Alfred’s Hamlet, Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council and Municipality of Tulbagh 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.
