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On 1 January 1980 the Divisional Councils of Malmesbury and Piquetberg were reconstituted together to form the amalgamated Divisional Council of Swartland (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 4061 of 20 July 1979, Proclamation No 174 of 18 July 1979).

On 31 March 1989 the Divisional Council Areas of Swartland and Cederberg were established as the West Coast Regional Services Council (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 4580 of 31 March 1989, Provincial Notice No 335 of 31 March 1989)

The Municipality of Malmesbury was constituted on 31 May 1860 under provision of Proclamation No 834 of 1860, in terms of Ordinance No 9 of 1836.

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Malmesbury Transitional Local Council together with the existing Moorreesburg Municipality, the Municipality of Darling, Koringberg Transitional Local Council, Malmesbury Transitional Representative Council and Yzerfontein Transitional Local Council was disestablished and the Swartland Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5589, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 485, 22 September 2000). The Swartland Local Municipality forms part of the larger West Coast District Municipality.