National Assembly of South Africa
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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 proportionality.
National Assembly List
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27th Parliament (members) | |
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 400 |
Political groups | Government (230)
Official Opposition (84)
Other parties (86)
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Elections | |
Closed list proportional representation | |
Last election | 8 May 2019 |
Next election | 29 May 2024 |
Meeting place | |
Good Hope Chamber, Cape Town, South Africa[1] | |
Website | |
National Assembly – Parliament of South Africa |
The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula who previously served as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. She was elected on 19 August 2021.[2] The Deputy Speaker is Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli who has served in the post since his election on 21 May 2014.[3][4]
The National Assembly chamber was destroyed in a fire in January 2022.[5] National Assembly sittings are now held in the old Good Hope Chamber, which is within the precincts of parliament.[1][6][7]