Eendekuil was initially a local board in the area of jurisdiction of the Divisional Council of Piquetberg. Minutes of meetings of the local board for the period June 1959 – August 1964 can be found in the archives of the Divisional Council of Swartland (4/SWL 1/3/1/1). The Village Management Board of Eendekuil was established on 14 January 1965 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 3276, 29 January 1965, Proclamation No 6). In terms of the Municipal Ordinance (Ordinance No 20 of 1974) all village management boards became municipalities (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette Extraordinary No 3809, 3 December 1974, Proclamation No 414, 29 November 1974). By virtue of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No 209 of 1993) the local government bodies in the Piquetberg Forum Area, namely Piquetberg Municipality, Eendekuil Municipality, Elands Bay Management Committee and Elands Bay Local Council were dissolved and a transitional local council under the name Piquetberg Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 4896, 30 November 1994, Proclamation No 85, 29 November 1994).