Parliament of South Africa

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The Parliament of South Africa is the country’s national legislative body, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the people at the federal level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizes national budget ⓘ
canAmend Constitution of the Republic of South Africa ⓘ
composedOf members elected by proportional representation ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse party-list proportional representation ⓘ
established 1910 ⓘ
function oversees the executive ⓘ
represents the people of South Africa ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of South Africa ⓘ
hasChamber National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ
National Council of Provinces ⓘ
hasMotto We, the People (implied by constitutional sovereignty) ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.gov.za/ ⓘ
headOfStateElectionRole elects the President of South Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod Republic of South Africa era ⓘ
Union of South Africa era ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa
languagePolicy uses South Africa’s official languages subject to practical arrangements ⓘ
legalSystemContext part of South Africa’s constitutional democracy ⓘ
legislativeFunction makes national laws ⓘ
locatedIn Cape Town ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Parliament House, Cape Town ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ
meetsAt Parliamentary precinct, Cape Town ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions and special sittings as required ⓘ
notableEvent first democratic sitting in 1994 ⓘ
numberOfMembersLowerHouse 400 ⓘ
numberOfMembersUpperHouse 90 ⓘ
oversightMechanism parliamentary committees ⓘ
precededBy Cape Parliament ⓘ
Natal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Orange River Colony Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Transvaal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
previousConstitutionalBasis Interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993 ⓘ
reconstitutedAs democratic Parliament after 1994 elections ⓘ
reportsTo people of South Africa ⓘ
securityIncident fire at Parliament complex in January 2022 ⓘ
supervises Cabinet of South Africa ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 5 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation multi-party ⓘ
upperHouse National Council of Provinces ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse delegation-based voting by provinces ⓘ

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South Africa → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
South Africa → lowerHouse → National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Cape Town → hasGovernmentBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
National Council of Provinces → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Population Registration Act → enactedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Bantu Education Act → enactedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Government of National Unity (South Africa) → legislativeTerm → First Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (1994–1999) ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Government of National Unity (South Africa) → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Government of South Africa → legislativePartner → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → partOf → Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → parliamentaryChamberOf → Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Hertzog Bills → legislativeBody → Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Heilbron → representedIn → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
United Party (South Africa) → legislativeBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Sunnyside (South African parliamentary constituency) → representedIn → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Sunnyside
Winds of Change speech → venue → South African Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Winds of Change speech → addressedTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature → collaboratesWith → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
National Assembly of South Africa → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Umongameli weRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika → reportsTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Constitution of South Africa → establishes → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Cape Parliament → succeededBy → Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Natal Legislative Assembly → followedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
South African Human Rights Commission → reportsTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
State President of South Africa → appointedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Cabinet of South Africa → membersAccountableTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
1961 Constitution of South Africa → promulgatedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Parliament House, Cape Town → servesAsSeatOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Parliament House, Cape Town → usedBy → Members of Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces → seat → Parliament of South Africa, Cape Town ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
NCOP → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993 → adoptedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Transvaal Legislative Assembly → replacedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Transvaal Legislative Assembly → followedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Separate Amenities Act → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Act No. 30 of 1950 → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Democratic Party (South Africa) → representedIn → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → legislativeTerm → First democratic Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → chamberOf → bicameral Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
National Executive (South Africa) → accountableTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: National Executive
National Revenue Fund (South Africa) → oversightBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: National Revenue Fund
South Africa Act 1909 → createdGovernmentBranch → Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa → reportsTo → Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of South Africa