Parliament of the Republic of South Africa List
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27th Parliament | |
Type | |
Type | |
Houses | National Assembly National Council of Provinces |
Leadership | |
vacant since 03 April 2024 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 490 90 National Council 400 National Assembly |
National Council of Provinces political groups | |
National Assembly political groups | Government (230)
Official Opposition (84)
Other parties (86) |
Meeting place | |
Houses of Parliament, Cape Town Western Cape, South Africa | |
Website | |
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Zulu | iPhalamende yaseNingizimu Afrika |
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Xhosa | iPalamente yoMzantsi Afrika |
Afrikaans | Parlement van Suid-Afrika |
Sepedi | Palamente ya Afrika-Borwa |
Swazi | iPhalamende yeNingizimu Afrika |
Sesotho | Palamente ya Afrika Borwa |
Setswana | Palamente ya Aforika Borwa |
Xitsonga | Palamende ra Afrika Dzonga |
Venda | Phaḽamennde ya Afurika Tshipembe |
Southern Ndebele | iPalamende yeSewula Afrika |
South Africa portal |
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces.[2][3][4] The current twenty-seventh Parliament was first convened on 22 May 2019.
From 1910 to 1994, members of Parliament were elected chiefly by the South African white minority. The first elections with universal suffrage were held in 1994.
Both chambers held their meetings in the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town that were built 1875–1884. A fire broke out within the buildings in early January 2022, destroying the session room of the National Assembly. It was decided that the National Assembly would temporarily meet at the Good Hope Chamber.[5]