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- 3/GBR
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History
The Village Management Board of Great Brak River was established on 1 December 1943 under provision of section one (1) of Ordinance No 11, 1921 in terms of Proclamation No 135 of 1943 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette, No 2075, 3 December 1943). The Board ceased to function with effect from 1 January 1975 when the Municipality of Great Brak River was established.
The Municipality of Great Brak River was established with effect from 1 January 1975 under the provisions of Section 5(1) and 8(1) of the Municipal Ordinance No 20, 1974 in terms of Proclamation No 414, 1974 (Province of the Cape of Good Hope Extraordinary Official Gazette, No 3809, 3 December 1974).
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Municipality of Great Brak River together with the municipalities of Mossel Bay and Herbertsdale, the Friemersheim Transitional Council, and the transitional representative councils of Mossel Bay and Outeniqua, was disestablished and the Mossel Bay Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5592, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 500, 22 September 2000). The Mossel Bay Local Municipality forms part of the larger Eden (now Garden Route) District Municipality.
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Western Cape Province.
Southern Cape.
Great Brak River.
Mossel Bay.
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- English
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- Latin
Sources
Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette.