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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 ...
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature: Jurisdiction: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Meeting place: KwaZulu-Natal Parliament Building 239 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg: Term: 22 May 2019 – 28 May 2024: Election: 8 May 2019: Government: Executive Council of Sihle Zikalala: Members: 80: Speaker: Ntobeko Boyce: Deputy Speaker: Themba Mthembu [1 ...
President Biden addressed the nation from the White House on Thursday, a day after Vice President Kamala Harris conceded defeat in the race against Donald Trump.
The Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, an office held since May 2024 by Thami Ntuli of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).
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. [5] [6]
The Witness then expanded in KwaZulu-Natal by launching an edition to Durban and Coast in August 2013. A semi-autonomous Durban office was set up in Media House, Durban, to provide more Durban content. The Durban and Pietermaritzburg editions share some content while focussing on their respective local news.
Elections to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature must be held every five years, usually at the same time as the election of the National Assembly; the last such election occurred on 14 June 2024. At the first meeting of the provincial legislature after an election, the members indirectly elect the premier from amongst themselves.