South Africa is a democracy country with a separation of powers. Legislative power is exercised by Parliament, led by the Speaker of the House, the legislative power is vested in the Prime Minister and his cabinet, and the judiciary is exercised by the Chief Justice.
The South African government operates under a parliamentary system modeled on the British Westminster, although significantly different from other systems of Commonwealth countries.
South African President is the Head of State and Head of Government. He is elected by the bicameral parliament, which consists of the National Assembly or lower house and the National Council of Provinces, the upper house. In practice, the president is the leader of the majority party National Assembly, which has 400 MPs elected through a proportional electoral system. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP), which replaced the Senate in 1997, consists of 90 members representing each of the nine provinces of South Africa, while also representing big cities have.
Each province of South Africa has a unicameral provincial legislature, and an Executive Council headed by a Premier.
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