Western Cape Provincial Parliament

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The Western Cape Provincial Parliament is the legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the provincial government in South Africa’s Western Cape province.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf provincial legislature
unicameral legislature
abbreviation WCPP
buildingLocation Wale Street, Cape Town
canElect delegates to the National Council of Provinces
canPass provincial appropriation bills
provincial legislation
provincial oversight resolutions
coequalWith Western Cape Provincial Government
surface form: "Executive Council of the Western Cape"
country South Africa
currentPremierInteractsWith Alan Winde
electoralSystem party‑list proportional representation
establishedUnder Interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993
surface form: "interim Constitution of South Africa, 1994"
follows Constitution of South Africa
surface form: "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996"

Constitution of the Western Cape, 1997
governs Western Cape Provincial Government
surface form: "Western Cape provincial government"
hasCommitteeType portfolio committees
standing committees
hasDeputySpeaker Beverley Schäfer
hasFunction legislative authority for the Western Cape
oversight of the Western Cape provincial executive
public participation in law‑making
hasHouseType unicameral
hasLeaderOfGovernmentBusiness Premier of the Western Cape
hasOfficialLanguage Afrikaans
English
isiXhosa
hasRoleIn budget approval for the Western Cape Government
hasSpeaker Daylin Mitchell
holds sittings in Cape Town
jurisdiction Western Cape
legislativeBodyFor Western Cape
surface form: "Western Cape Province"
locatedIn Cape Town
meetsIn Western Cape Provincial Parliament Building
membersElectedBy voters of the Western Cape
numberOfChambers 1
numberOfMembers 42
office Deputy Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
oversees provincial departments of the Western Cape Government
partOf legislative branch of the Western Cape Government
provincial sphere of government in South Africa
predecessor House of Assembly of the Cape Provincial Council (historical predecessor in the region)
seat Cape Town
supervises Western Cape Provincial Government
surface form: "Executive Council of the Western Cape"
termLength 5 years
votingSystem closed‑list proportional representation
website https://www.wcpp.gov.za/

Referenced by (7)

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

Premier of the Western Cape appointedBy Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Premier of the Western Cape electedBy Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Western Cape Provincial Government legislativePartner Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Western Cape legislature Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Western Cape Provincial Government premierAppointedBy Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Western Cape Provincial Government premierElectedBy Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Premier of the Western Cape reportsTo Western Cape Provincial Parliament

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