National Assembly (South Africa)

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Basic data
Seat:	Houses of Parliament , Cape Town , Western Cape, South Africa
Legislative period :	5 years
MPs:	400
Current legislative period
Last choice:	May 8, 2019
Chair:	Speaker Thandi Modise ( ANC )
Distribution of seats:	Government (230)  ANC 230 Opposition (170)  DA 84  EFF 44  IFP 14  VF + 10  ACDP 4  UDM 2  ATM 2  Good 2  NRP 2  AIC 2  COPE 2  PAC 1  Al Jama-ah 1
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National Assembly of South Africa

The National Assembly ( English National Assembly ) is a chamber in the parliamentary bicameral system of South Africa . It is based in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town .

The National Assembly is elected according to proportional representation, with half of the 400 members entering parliament via national lists and provincial lists.

The second chamber of parliament is the National Council of Provinces . From 1994 to 1997 this was the Senate .

The National Assembly was first elected in 1994. The House of Assembly previously held this function.

composition

The most recent election took place on May 8, 2019 .

Allocation of seats since 1994

Political party		Election 1994	Election 1999	Party converts in 2003	Election 2004	Party converts in 2005	Party converts in 2007	Election 2009	Election 2014	Election 2019
	ANC	252	266	275	279	293	297	264	249	230
	DP / DA	7th	38	46	50	47	47	67	89	84
	EFF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th	44
	IFP	43	34	31	28	23	23	18th	10	14th
	VF / VF +	9	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	10
	ACDP	2	6th	7th	7th	4th	4th	3	3	4th
	UDM	-	14th	4th	9	6th	6th	4th	4th	2
	ATM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Good	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	NFP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	2
	AIC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2
	COPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	30th	3	2
	PAC	5	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	1
	NP / NNP	82	28	20th	7th	-	-	-	-	-
	ID	-	-	1	7th	5	4th	4th	-	-
	Others	-	8th	11th	6th	15th	14th	5	3	-

Offices

The Speaker of the National Assembly has been chaired by the ANC politician Thandi Modise since 2019 ; her successor in office has been Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula , also ANC , since August 19, 2021 . The opposition leader has been John Steenhuisen from the Democratic Alliance since October 2019 .

Fire incident in January 2022

A major fire in the parliament building complex on January 2, 2022 destroyed the session room of the National Assembly.

Web links

Commons : National Assembly of South Africa  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Parliament of the Republic of South Africa: Website of the National Assembly of South Africa . on www.parliament.gov.za (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ 6th parliament: Ramaphosa elected as president. iol.co.za on May 22, 2019 (English), accessed on May 22, 2019
2. ↑ Parliament of the Republic of South Africa: Ms Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula . on www.parliament.gov.za (English).
3. ↑ Karin Wehrheim: Arrested after a fire in South Africa's parliament . ARD report from January 2, 2022 on www.tagesschau.de
4. ↑ Anonymous: the session room of the South African parliament completely destroyed . Report in Der Spiegel (online) from January 2, 2022 at www.spiegel.de (German).