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H.E. Glen Mashinini,
Chairman IEC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republic of South Africa
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Parliamentary Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation National Assembly
President Cyril RAMAPHOSA National Council of Provinces

4. Head of government Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
President Cyril RAMAPHOSA nominated
In the National Assembly and the National Council
5. Capital of Provinces, 400 members are elected through a
Pretoria (Administrative) closed-list proportional representation system to
serve 4-year terms. The 400 seats in the Nation-
6. Currency
South African Rand (ZAR) al Assembly are split evenly from a national and a
regional list, each with 200 seats. Members on the
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) regional list are elected from nine multi-member
black African 80.9%, colored 8.8%, white 7.8%, In- districts, each corresponding to a province, with
dian/Asian 2.5% seats allocated in proportion to population.
8. Date of Independence 4. Popular House
31 May 1961 (from UK) National Assembly

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 5. Type of Electoral System
1961, adopted 2nd Constitution Proportional

11. Language (s) PArt iii
Zulu, Zhosa, Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, ELECtorAL sYstEM
Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swaszi, Venda,
Southern Ndebela
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
12. Literacy Levels
Male: 87.68 % Female: 86.46 % 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Total: 87.05% (2017) Electoral commission of South Africa-IEC

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