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The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province. It consists of no fewer than 350 and no more than 400 Members elected for a five-year term on the basis of a common voters’ roll. It is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Frene Ginwala. The current Deputy Speaker is Baleka Mbete. South Africa coat-of-arms; fair use; from http://www. ...
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The President of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africas Constitution. ...
The Deputy President of South Africa is appointed by the President of South Africa. ...
Ministers, in the South African government, are Members of Parliament who hold a ministerial warrants to perform certain functions of government. ...
The Speaker of the National Assembly presides over the South African National Assembly. ...
The following is a list of South African politicians, both past and present. ...
Political parties in South Africa lists political parties in South Africa. ...
The South African Constitutional Court was established in 1994 by South Africas first democratic constitution: the Interim Constitution of 1993. ...
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal is the South African court which has the final say on all matters, except those that involve the constitution. ...
The High Court of South Africa is a court of law in South Africa. ...
Elections in South Africa gives information on election and election results in South Africa. ...
A lower house (sometimes known as the first chamber) is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. ...
The Parliament of South Africa, has undergone many transformations, as a result of the countrys tumultuous history. ...
The central area of Cape Town as seen from Table Mountain. ...
Capital Cape Town Largest city Cape Town Area - Total Ranked 4th 129,370 km² Premier Ebrahim Rasool (ANC) Population - 2001 - 1996 - Density Ranked 5th 4,524,335 3,956,875 35/km² (2001) Languages Afrikaans (55. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
The Speaker of the National Assembly presides over the South African National Assembly. ...
The number of National Assembly seats awarded to each political party is in proportion to the outcome of the national election, which is held every five years. In South Africa’s second democratic general election in 1999, the African National Congress won 266 seats. They were followed by the Democratic Party with 38 seats, the Inkatha Freedom Party with 34, the New National Party with 28, and the United Democratic Movement with 14. Other smaller parties are also represented. Elections in South Africa gives information on election and election results in South Africa. ...
South Africas second non-racial general election, held on 1999-06-02, was won by the African National Congress (ANC), who increased their number of seats by 14. ...
The African National Congress (ANC), a center-left political party was originally (until 1923)called the South African Native National Congress and has been South Africas governing party (in a coalition) since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ...
The Democratic Party (DP) was the name of the South African political party now called the Democratic Alliance (DA). ...
The Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP) is a political party in South Africa. ...
The New National Party is a South African conservative political party formed when the National Party pulled out of the Government of National Unity with the African National Congress, changing its name in the process. ...
The United Democratic Movement is a South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer (who has since resigned from the UDM), and a former African National Congress and homeland leader, Bantu Holomisa in 1997. ...
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