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<text id=93CT1273>
<title>
South Africa--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: South Africa
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Republic of South Africa</l>
<l> conventional short form: South Africa</l>
</list>
<p>Abbreviation: RSA
</p>
<p>Digraph: SF
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative);
Bloemfontein (judicial)
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 4 provinces; Cape, Natal, Orange
Free State, Transvaal; there are 10 homelands not recognized by
the US - 4 independent (Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei, Venda)
and 6 other (Gazankulu, Kangwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa,
QwaQwa)
</p>
<p>Independence: 31 May 1910 (from UK)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 3 September 1984
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
</p>
<p>National holiday: Republic Day, 31 May (1910)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders:
</p>
<p> white political parties and leaders: National Party (NP),
Frederik W. DE KLERK (majority party); Conservative Party (CP),
leader NA (official opposition party); Democratic Party (DP),
Zach DE BEER; Afrikaner Volksunie (AVU), Andries BEYERS
</p>
<p> Colored political parties and leaders (see Note): Labor
Party (LP), Allan HENDRICKSE (majority party); National Party
(NP); Democratic Party (DP); Freedom Party
</p>
<p> Indian political parties and leaders: Solidarity, J. N.
REDDY (majority party); National People's Party (NPP), Amichand
RAJBANSI; Merit People's Party
</p>
<p>note: the Democratic Reform Party (DRP) and the United
Democratic Party (UDP) were disbanded in May 1991
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: African National Congress
(ANC), Nelson MANDELA, president; Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP),
Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI, president; Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC),
Clarence MAKWETU, president
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal, but voting rights are
racially based
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> House of Assembly (whites): last held 6 September 1989 (next
to be held by NA March 1995); results - NP 58%, CP 23%, DP 19%;
seats - (178 total, 166 elected) NP 103, CP 41, DP 34; note - by
February 1992, because of byelections, splits, and defections,
changes in number of seats held by parties were as follows: NP
102, CP 36, DP 28, AVU 5, independent 7
</p>
<p> House of Representatives (Coloreds): last held 6 September
1989 (next to be held no later than March 1995); results -
percent of vote by party NA; seats - (85 total, 80 elected) LP
69, DRP 5, UDP 3, Freedom Party 1, independents 2; note - by
October 1992 many representatives had changed their allegiance
causing the following changes in seating: NP 44, LP 27, DP 6,
Freedom Party 1, independents 6, vacant 1
</p>
<p> House of Delegates (Indians): last held 6 September 1989
(next to be held no later than March 1995); results - percent of
vote by party NA; seats - (45 total, 40 elected) Solidarity 16,
NPP 9, Merit People's Party 3, independents 6, other 6; note -
due to delegates changing party affiliation, seating as of
October 1992 is as follows: Solidarity 25, NPP 7, Merit People's
Party 2, other 8, independents 3
</p>
<p>note: tentative agreement to hold national election open to
all races for a 400-seat constitutient assembly on 27 April 1994
</p>
<p>Executive branch: state president, Executive Council
(cabinet), Ministers' Councils (from the three houses of
Parliament)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: tricameral Parliament (Parlement) consists
of the House of Assembly (Volksraad; whites), House of
Representatives (Raad van Verteenwoordigers; Coloreds), and
House of Delegates (Raad van Afgevaardigdes; Indians)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State and Head of Government: State President
Frederik Willem DE KLERK (since 13 September 1989)
</p>
<p>Member of: BIS, CCC, ECA, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO (suspended),
ICC, IDA, IFC, IMF, INTELSAT, ISO, ITU (suspended), LORCS, SACU,
UN, UNCTAD, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO (suspended)
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Harry SCHWARZ</l>
<l> chancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 232-4400</l>
<l> consulates general: Beverly Hills (California), Chicago,
Houston, and New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Princeton N. LYMAN</l>
<l> embassy: Thibault House, 225 Pretorius Street, Pretoria</l>
<l> telephone: [27] (12) 28-4266</l>
<l> FAX: [27] (12) 21-9278</l>
<l> consulates general: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: actually four flags in one - three miniature flags
reproduced in the center of the white band of the former flag of
the Netherlands, which has three equal horizontal bands of
orange (top), white, and blue; the miniature flags are a
vertically hanging flag of the old Orange Free State with a
horizontal flag of the UK adjoining on the hoist side and a
horizontal flag of the old Transvaal Republic adjoining on the
other side
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