Parliament of South Africa

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of South Africa is the country’s national legislative body, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the people at the federal level.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament of South Africa canonical	53
Parliament of the Union of South Africa	7
South African Parliament	2
First Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (1994–1999)	1
First democratic Parliament of South Africa	1
Members of Parliament of South Africa	1
National Assembly of South Africa	1
Parliament of South Africa (House of Assembly system)	1
Parliament of South Africa (during apartheid era)	1
Parliament of South Africa (post-1994 democratic parliament)	1
Parliament of South Africa, Cape Town	1
bicameral Parliament of South Africa	1
democratic, non-racial Parliament of South Africa	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower	authorizes national budget ⓘ
canAmend	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
composedOf	members elected by proportional representation ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
country	South Africa ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
established	1910 ⓘ
function	oversees the executive ⓘ represents the people of South Africa ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of South Africa ⓘ
hasChamber	National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ National Council of Provinces ⓘ
hasMotto	We, the People (implied by constitutional sovereignty) ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.parliament.gov.za/ ⓘ
headOfStateElectionRole	elects the President of South Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Republic of South Africa era ⓘ Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa era
jurisdiction	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
languagePolicy	uses South Africa’s official languages subject to practical arrangements ⓘ
legalSystemContext	part of South Africa’s constitutional democracy ⓘ
legislativeFunction	makes national laws ⓘ
locatedIn	Cape Town ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	Parliament House, Cape Town ⓘ
lowerHouse	National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ
meetsAt	Parliament House, Cape Town ⓘ surface form: Parliamentary precinct, Cape Town
meetsFrequency	regular sessions and special sittings as required ⓘ
notableEvent	first democratic sitting in 1994 ⓘ
numberOfMembersLowerHouse	400 ⓘ
numberOfMembersUpperHouse	90 ⓘ
oversightMechanism	parliamentary committees ⓘ
precededBy	Cape Parliament ⓘ Natal Legislative Assembly ⓘ Orange River Colony Legislative Assembly ⓘ Transvaal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
previousConstitutionalBasis	Interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993 ⓘ
reconstitutedAs	democratic Parliament after 1994 elections ⓘ
reportsTo	people of South Africa ⓘ
securityIncident	fire at Parliament complex in January 2022 ⓘ
supervises	Cabinet of South Africa ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse	5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse	5 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	multi-party ⓘ
upperHouse	National Council of Provinces ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse	delegation-based voting by provinces ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

South Africa → lowerHouse → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Assembly of South Africa

Cape Town → hasGovernmentBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

National Council of Provinces → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Population Registration Act → enactedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Bantu Education Act → enactedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Government of National Unity (South Africa) → legislativeTerm → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (1994–1999)

Government of National Unity (South Africa) → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Government of South Africa → legislativePartner → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → parliamentaryChamberOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

Hertzog Bills → legislativeBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

Northern Cape Provincial Legislature → higherLegalAuthority → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Heilbron → representedIn → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

United Party (South Africa) → legislativeBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Sunnyside → representedIn → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Sunnyside (South African parliamentary constituency)

Winds of Change speech → venue → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Parliament

Winds of Change speech → addressedTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature → collaboratesWith → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

State President of South Africa → appointedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Cabinet of South Africa → membersAccountableTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

1961 Constitution of South Africa → promulgatedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Parliament House, Cape Town → servesAsSeatOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Parliament House, Cape Town → usedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Members of Parliament of South Africa

Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces → seat → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of South Africa, Cape Town

NCOP → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993 → adoptedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Transvaal Legislative Assembly → replacedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Transvaal Legislative Assembly → followedBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Separate Amenities Act → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Act No. 30 of 1950 → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Democratic Party (South Africa) → representedIn → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → legislativeChamberOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → legislativeTerm → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: First democratic Parliament of South Africa

Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) → chamberOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: bicameral Parliament of South Africa

Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa) → reportsTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

National Executive → accountableTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: National Executive (South Africa)

National Revenue Fund → oversightBy → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revenue Fund (South Africa)

Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (South Africa) → reportsTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

South Africa Act 1909 → createdGovernmentBranch → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa → reportsTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Smuts government → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

Suppression of Communism Act → legislativeBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Bantu Authorities Act → legislature → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

House of Representatives of South Africa → partOf → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

Cabinet of the Union of South Africa → subordinateTo → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa

National Party caucus in Parliament → legislativeBody → Parliament of South Africa ⓘ