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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.