House of Assembly (South Africa)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Legislative body
gptkbp:commander Speaker_of_the_House
gptkbp:committee Various committees
gptkbp:currentStatus 1994
gptkbp:dissolved Constitution of South Africa
gptkbp:electionYear Every five years
gptkbp:established Constitution of South Africa
gptkbp:firstClaim 1910
gptkbp:function Approve budgets
Debate legislation
Represent citizens
Scrutinize government actions
gptkbp:hasMember Members_of_Parliament
gptkbp:hasRole Legislating
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Parliament_Building,_Cape_Town
gptkbp:historicalEvent First democratic elections in 1994
End of apartheid
Constitutional negotiations in the 1990s
Establishment of the new constitution in 1996
Formation_of_the_Republic_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Apartheid legislation
Democratic_transition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label House of Assembly (South Africa)
gptkbp:legislation Voting on bills
Drafting bills
Assenting bills
Debating bills
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 400
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:Zulu
English
Xhosa
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Parliament_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:African_National_Congress
gptkb:Democratic_Alliance
Economic Freedom Fighters
gptkbp:publicAccess Public hearings
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:House_of_Lords_(South_Africa)
gptkb:National_Council_of_Provinces
gptkb:House_of_Delegates_(South_Africa)
Constitutional_Assembly
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:National_Assembly
gptkb:National_Assembly_(South_Africa)
gptkbp:session Annual
gptkbp:voterTurnout Proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation
gptkbp:website www.parliament.gov.za