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Government
The form of government in South Africa is parliamentary democracy. South Africa was created in 1910, became independent dominion in 1935 under British rule and transformed into entirely republic country in 1961. Constitution of South Africa came into force on 3February, 1997. President is the chief of the state and constitution has vested immense power into president. He presides over the meetings of council of ministers and is authorized to take all the important decisions. Parliament is bicameral consisting of National Assembly and National Council of Provinces. National Assembly consists of 400 members, who are elected on the basis of proportional representation, while National Council of Provinces consists of 90 delegates, 10 from each of the nine provinces.
Power is vested into executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government. President along with his council of ministers consists of executive branch of the government. Delegates of National Assembly and Council of Provinces comprise to form legislative body and Constitutional Court and Supreme Court are the highest organs of judiciary. Constitutional Court deals with all the constitutional matters, while Supreme Court looks into non constitutional matters.
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