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South Africa Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/south_africa/south_africa_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code SF Government type republic National capital Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) Administrative divisions 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North-West, Northern Cape, Northern Province, Western Cape Independence 31 May 1910 (from UK) National holiday Freedom Day, 27 April (1994) Constitution 10 December 1996; this new constitution was certified by the Constitutional Court on 4 December 1996, was signed by President MANDELA on 10 December 1996, and entered into effect on 3 February 1997; it is being implemented in phases Legal system based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
bicameral parliament consisting of the National Assembly (400 seats;
members are elected by popular vote under a system of proportional representation
to serve five-year terms) and the National Council of Provinces (90 seats,
ten members elected by each of the nine provincial legislatures for five-year
terms; has special powers to protect regional interests, including the safeguarding
of cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities); note - following
the implementation of the new constitution on 3 February 1997 the former Senate
was disbanded and replaced by the National Council of Provinces with essentially
no change in membership and party affiliations, although the new institution's
responsibilities have been changed somewhat by the new constitution
Judicial branch Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts Political parties and leaders
African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [Kenneth MESHOE, president];
African National Congress or ANC [Thabo MBEKI, president]; Democratic Party
or DP [Tony LEON, president]; Freedom Front or FF [Constand VILJOEN, president];
Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI, president]; National Party
or NP [Marthinus VAN SCHALKWYK, executive director]; Pan-Africanist Congress
or PAC [Stanley MOGOBA, president]; United Democratic Movement or UDM [Roelf
MEYER and Bantu HOLOMISA, leaders]
Political pressure groups and leaders Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU [Sam SHILOWA, general secretary]; South African Communist Party or SACP [Charles NQAKULA, general secretary]; South African National Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national president]; note - COSATU and SACP are in a formal alliance with the ANC International organization participation AfDB, BIS, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, MTCR, NAM, OAU, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by
a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end
at the corners of the hoist side, embracing a black isosceles triangle from
which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands
are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes
NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |