Matzikama Municipality (Afrikaans: Matzikama Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality which governs the northernmost part of the Western Cape province of South Africa, including the towns of Vredendal, Vanrhynsdorp, Klawer and Lutzville, and the surrounding villages and rural areas.

[2] The municipality covers a total area of 12,981 square kilometres (5,012 sq mi) in the northernmost part of the Western Cape province, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the mountains of the Bokkeveld Escarpment in the east.

According to the 2022 South African census, the population was 69,043 people, increasing at an annual rate of 0.27% from 2011.

[4] The principal town and seat of the council is Vredendal, which is situated in the valley of the Olifants River and has a population (according to the 2011 census) of 18,170.

The coloured residents of Vredendal, Klawer, Lutzville, Vanrhynsdorp, Koekenaap, Bitterfontein and Nuwerus were governed by management committees subordinate to the white councils.

The former mission stations of Ebenhaeser and Rietpoort were governed by management boards, and the remaining rural areas fell under the West Coast Regional Services Council.

The transitional councils were initially made up of members nominated by the various parties to the negotiations, until May 1996 when elections were held.

The Matzikama Municipality was established, though in 2000 it incorporated only the southern half of the area it governs today.

In the election of 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a plurality of seats on the council.

[8][9] In August 2021, the Matzikama Local Municipality was flagged as one of the four Western Cape municipalities owing millions of rands to Eskom[10] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.