According to the documents, a magistrate’s court was established at Mount Fletcher in approximately September 1882. Before the establishment of the magistracy, an officer styled Clerk in Charge, A Molife, was stationed at Mount Fletcher in the district of Gatberg (Government Gazette no 6012, dated 20 April 1880, Government Notice no 439, dated 19 April 1880).

The Magistrate of Mount Fletcher was also appointed Native Commissioner as from 1 October 1928 (Government Gazette no 1734, dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice no 1865 of 1928).

The Village Management Board of Mount Fletcher was constituted on 29 June 1908 in terms of Proclamation No 79 of 1901 under provision of Proclamation No 287 of 1980 (Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette, No 9087, 28 July 1908).

From 1 November 1963 Mount Fletcher fell under the jurisdiction of the Transkeian Government and in 1994 Mount Fletcher became part of the Eastern Cape Province. It forms part of the Elundini Local Municipality, one of three local municipalities that falls under the Joe Gqabi District Municipality.