National Assembly (South Africa)

National Assembly

Name in official languages

*Nasionale Vergadering* (Afrikaans)
*iNdlu yesiBethamthetho seNarha* (Southern Ndebele)
*iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe* (Xhosa)
*iSishayamthetho sikaZwelonke* (Zulu)
*liBandla laVelonkhe* (Swazi)
*Seboka sa Maloko a Palamente* (Northern Sotho)
*Ntlo ya Seboka sa Naha* (Sotho)
*Ntlokokoano Bosetšhaba* (Tswana)
*Huvo ya Rixaka* (Tsonga)
*Buthano ḽa Lushaka* (Venda)
National Assembly ; Name in official languages Nasionale Vergadering (Afrikaans) ; iNdlu yesiBethamthetho seNarha (Southern Ndebele) ; iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe (Xhosa) ; iSishayamthetho sikaZwelonke (Zulu) ; liBandla laVelonkhe (Swazi) ; Seboka sa Maloko a Palamente (Northern Sotho) ; Ntlo ya Seboka sa Naha (Sotho) ; Ntlokokoano Bosetšhaba (Tswana) ; Huvo ya Rixaka (Tsonga) ; Buthano ḽa Lushaka (Venda) ;
28th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of South Africa
History
Founded	1994
Leadership
Speaker	Thoko Didiza, ANC ; since 14 June 2024
Deputy Speaker	Annelie Lotriet, DA ; since 14 June 2024
Leader of Government Business	Paul Mashatile, ANC ; since 7 March 2023
Leader of the Opposition	John Hlophe, MK ; since 25 June 2024
Structure
Seats	400
Political groups	Government (287) ANC (159); DA (87); IFP (17); PA (9); VF+ (6); UDM (3); Al Jama-ah (2); RISE (2); Good (1); PAC (1); Opposition (113) Progressive Caucus (100); ActionSA (6); ACDP (3); BOSA (2); NCC (2);
Elections
Voting system	Closed list proportional representation
First election	15 September 1910
Last election	29 May 2024
Next election	By 2029
Meeting place
	Good Hope Chamber and Nieuwmeester Dome (temporarily) ; Cape Town, South Africa
Website
	National Assembly – Parliament of South Africa

The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality.

The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current speaker as of 14 June 2024 is Thoko Didiza (ANC). The Deputy Speaker is Annelie Lotriet (DA) since 14 June 2024.

The National Assembly chamber was destroyed in a fire in January 2022. National Assembly sittings are now held in the old Good Hope Chamber, which is within the precincts of parliament.