The Municipality of the Strand was constituted on 15 June 1896 in terms of Proclamation No 202, 1896 under provision of the Municipal Act, 1882 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette No 7824, 16 June 1896).

In terms of Proclamation No 27 of 28 May 1996 the Helderberg Substructure was established on 29 May 1996 with the amalgamation of the municipalities of Strand, Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay, as well as the Lwandle Town Council, Macassar Management Committee and Sir Lowry’s Pass Management Committee (Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary, No 5051, 28 May 1996). The substructure formed part of the Cape Metropolitan Council.

On 4 December 2000 the Cape Metropolitan Council and the substructures were abolished and the new City of Cape Town was created (Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette, No 5588, Proclamation 479 of 2000).