Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/WOL
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
History
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.
Places
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Wolseley.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette.
Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette.