Government of the Western Cape

Western Cape' Government
Logo of the Western Cape government
Polity typeProvince
Part ofSouth Africa
ConstitutionConstitution of the Western Cape
Legislative branch
NameProvincial Parliament
TypeUnicameral
Meeting place7 Wale Street, Cape Town
Presiding officerDaylin Mitchell, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of government
TitlePremier
CurrentlyAlan Winde
AppointerProvincial Parliament

The Western Cape province of South Africa is governed in a parliamentary system in which the people elect the Provincial Parliament, and the parliament elects the Premier as head of the executive. The Premier leads a cabinet of provincial ministers overseeing various executive departments. The provincial government is subject to the Constitution of the Western Cape and the Constitution of South Africa, which together form the supreme law of the province.