26th South African Parliament
| 26th South African Parliament | |||||
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| Jurisdiction | South Africa | ||||
| Meeting place | Cape Town | ||||
| Term | 21 May 2014 - 21 May 2019 | ||||
| National Assembly of South Africa | |||||
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| Members | 400 | ||||
| Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa | Baleka Mbete | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Mmusi Maimane | ||||
| Presiding Officers | Mmatlala Boroto, Cedric Frolick, Thoko Didiza | ||||
| National Council of Provinces | |||||
| Members | 90 | ||||
| Chairperson | Thandi Modise | ||||
| Deputy Chairperson | Raseriti Tau | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Cathlene Labuschagne | ||||
The 26th South African Parliament was the fifth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 7 May 2014 and consists of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly contains 400 members, while the National Council of Provinces contains 90 members. Members of Parliament were sworn in on 21 May 2014.[1] The 26th parliament first convened on 21 May 2014 to elect Jacob Zuma as the fifth democratically elected President of South Africa.[2] It was formally opened by president Zuma's State of the Nation Address in a joint sitting on 17 June 2014.[3]
13 Different political parties are represented in this parliament.[4][5] The majority party in the 25th parliament, the African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority, although it was reduced to 249 (62%) seats, down from 264 seats out of 400 (66%), while the Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its lead of the opposition, taking 89 (22.23%) seats, up from 67 seats (16.75%) in the National Assembly of the 25th parliament. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise, both of the ANC, were elected on 21 May 2014 by members of parliament.[6][7] The presiding officers of parliament, Mmatlala Boroto, Cedric Frolick and Thoko Didiza were elected on 18 June 2014.[8]
Mmusi Maimane was elected parliamentary Leader of the Opposition in a DA election in May 2014.[9]
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Contents
Parties represented
National Assembly
National Council of Provinces
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten nominated by each provincial legislature, in proportion to the party membership of the provincial legislature. Each provincial delegation consists of six permanent delegates, who are nominated for a term that lasts until a new provincial legislature is elected, and four special delegates. One of the special delegates is the province's Premier, or another member of the provincial legislature designated by the Premier, while the other three special delegates are designated ad hoc by the provincial legislature.
| Party | Delegate type | Province | Total | ||||||||||
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| EC | FS | G | KZN | L | M | NW | NC | WC | |||||
| African National Congress | Permanent | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 60 | |
| Special | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27 | |||
| Democratic Alliance | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |
| Special | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| Economic Freedom Fighters | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Special | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| National Freedom Party | Special | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| United Democratic Movement | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 90 | |||
Incidents
On 13 November 2014, MPs were involved in a physical altercation with police when EFF MP Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela refused to leave the podium after being instructed to when she called President Jacob Zuma a thief. Several DA and EFF MPs were shoved and pushed when trying to intervene with police in order to support Mashabela. DA chief whip John Steenhuisen said of the incident: “Four of my [DA] members, two of them women, have been assaulted by police. They are Terri Stander, Gordon Mackay, Denise Robinson and Dean Macpherson.”[10]
On 12 February 2015, at a joint-sitting for this parliament's 2nd State of the Nation Address, violence broke out after the parliamentary security force was called into the chamber by the speaker of parliament to remove the EFF, who were questioning president Jacob Zuma on his Nkandla property during his address. Following the ejection of the EFF, the DA requested clarification on whether members of the South African Police Service entered the parliamentary chamber, which they claimed was a violation of the constitution. After the speaker of parliament told the DA that it was unclear who were and were not members of the police, all the DA MPs walked out of the sitting.[11]
See also
- List of National Assembly members of the 26th Parliament of South Africa
- List of National Council of Provinces members of the 26th Parliament of South Africa
References
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