Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality Umtata
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/UTA
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1882 – 1966
History
The Village Management Board of Umtata was established in terms of Act 29 of 1881.
The Municipality of Umtata was constituted on 21 October 1882 under provision of Proclamation No 192, 1882 in terms of Act No 44 of 1882 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette, No 6303, 27 October 1882).
In 1976, Transkei was granted independence as a bantustan, a nominally independent state not recognised outside of South Africa, and Umtata served as the capital.
On 2 March 2004 Umtata was renamed "Mthatha". Mthatha is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Transkei.
Cape Colony.
Umtata.
Cape Province.
Transkei.
Cape Colony.
Umtata.
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
3/UTA
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
7 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Wikipedia.
Wikipedia.