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The eight senators, elected for each province under the ordinary provisions for senate elections in the South Africa Act 1909, were returned by an electoral college composed of the members from the province in the House of Assembly and the Provincial Council. In 1920 the Senate term was for ten years and there was no provision for an earlier ...
A seat in the National Assembly becomes vacant if the member dies, resigns, ceases to be eligible, ceases to be a member of the party that nominated them, or is elected to the office of President of South Africa. The vacancy is filled from the same party list as the former member.
This is a list of members of the National Assembly of South Africa, elected in the 2019 general election, for the term 2019–2024. The National Assembly met for the first on 22 May 2019 and its term expired on 21 May 2024. The Assembly remained able to perform its functions until 28 May, the day before the 2024 general election. [1]
From 1950, white voters in South West Africa, which was under South African administration at that time, were represented by four senators and six MPs. [ 10 ] From 1957, Coloured voters were separated from the whites – in the Senate, they were represented by separate senators, and in the House of Assembly by MPs elected in separate Coloured ...
This article is part of a series on the Politics of South Africa Constitution Bill of Rights Executive President Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President Paul Mashatile Cabinet Departments Shadow Cabinet Legislature National Council of Provinces Chairperson Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza Leader of the Opposition John Hlophe Judiciary Chief Justice Ray Zondo Deputy Chief ...
Members of the Senate of South Africa (1910–1981, 1994–1997). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. *
For most of its history, South Africa has been a democratic but one-party dominant state with the African National Congress (ANC) as the governing party, though this has waned as of 2024. The Democratic Alliance (DA) governs the Western Cape Province and a number of municipalities , some in coalitions with smaller parties.
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape.It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore ...