KwaZulu-Natal Legislature

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The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is the provincial legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the provincial government in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provincial legislature
unicameral legislature
canConduct oversight visits
canHold portfolio committee hearings
canPass provincial legislation
collaboratesWith National Council of Provinces
Parliament of South Africa
country South Africa
electoralSystem proportional representation
elects Premier of KwaZulu-Natal
establishedUnder post-apartheid constitutional framework of South Africa
follows Constitution of South Africa
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
governmentType parliamentary provincial legislature
governs KwaZulu-Natal
surface form: KwaZulu-Natal province
hasAuthorityOver provincial matters listed in the South African Constitution
hasChamberCount 1
hasFunction approves provincial budget
facilitates public participation in law-making
holds provincial executive accountable
makes provincial laws
oversees provincial executive
provides oversight of provincial government departments
represents people of KwaZulu-Natal
hasOfficialLanguage English
isiZulu
hasRole cooperative governance within South Africa
law-making
oversight
public participation
isOneOf nine provincial legislatures of South Africa
isUnicameral true
jurisdiction KwaZulu-Natal
legislativeBodyFor KwaZulu-Natal
surface form: KwaZulu-Natal province
locatedIn KwaZulu-Natal
Pietermaritzburg
meetsAt Pietermaritzburg
surface form: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
meetsIn legislature building in Pietermaritzburg
partOf legislative branch of KwaZulu-Natal
provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal
region KwaZulu-Natal
replaced KwaZulu-Natal Legislature self-linksurface differs
surface form: KwaZulu Legislative Assembly

Natal Provincial Council
subjectTo South African national legal framework
supervises provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal
surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
typeOfParliament subnational parliament
uses party-list proportional representation for elections
website official website of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature

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KwaZulu-Natal hasLegislature KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
Pietermaritzburg hasLandmark KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
this entity surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Legislature buildings
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature replaced KwaZulu-Natal Legislature self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: KwaZulu Legislative Assembly
Premier of KwaZulu-Natal positionIn KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
this entity surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
Premier of KwaZulu-Natal appointedBy KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
this entity surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
Premier of KwaZulu-Natal electedBy KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
this entity surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
Premier of KwaZulu-Natal reportsTo KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
this entity surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
House of Assembly of the Cape Provincial Council (historical predecessor in the region) replacedBy KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
subject surface form: House of Assembly of the Cape Provincial Council
Schedule 5 of the Constitution of South Africa appliesTo KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
this entity surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature