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The Government of KwaZulu-Natal (IsiZulu: uHulumeni waKwaZulu-Natal) is the subnational government of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The politics of the province take place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy and liberal multi-party parliamentary democracy within a constitutional republic whereby the King of the Zulu Nation is the ceremonial figurehead of an ...
Thoba Portia Poyo-Dlwati (born 15 September 1975) is a South African judge who is currently serving as the Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.She joined the court as a puisne judge in June 2014 and was elevated to the judge presidency in January 2023, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as the division's first female judge president.
KwaZulu-Natal is the birthplace of many notable figures in South Africa's history, such as Albert Luthuli, the first non-white and the first person from outside Europe and the Americas to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1960); Pixley ka Isaka Seme, the founder of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa's first black lawyer; John ...
KwaZulu-Natal currently elects 41 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Constituency seats are allocated using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota .
The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.It is unicameral in its composition and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the leading party or coalition members in the parliament.
He wrote that he believed that the result of the election, which gave KwaZulu-Natal to the IFP; gave the National Party 20% of the vote share, and a Deputy President position; and held the ANC back from the two-thirds majority with the ability to unilaterally write the final constitution, helped prevent a civil war. [27]
Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini [2] (born 23 September 1974) is the reigning King of the Zulu Nation and Monarch of KwaZulu-Natal. Misuzulu is the second-oldest surviving son of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, and Great Wife, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu. Misuzulu became heir presumptive after the death of his father on 12 March 2021. [3] [4]
The 2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election was held on 29 May 2024, concurrently with the 2024 South African general election, to elect the 80 members of the 7th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. The new MK party flipped KwaZulu Natal from the ANC, earning 37 out of 80 seats to gain a plurality. Conversely, the ANC itself plummeted to the third place ...