Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

Noord-Kaapse Provinsiale Wetgewer (Afrikaans)
Indlu yoWiso-mthetho yePhondo laseMntla-Kapa (Xhosa)
6th Legislature
Type
Type
History
Founded27 April 1994
Leadership
Speaker
Newrene Klaaste, ANC
since 22 May 2019[1]
Deputy Speaker
Mangaliso Matika, ANC
since 22 May 2019[2]
Premier
Zamani Saul, ANC
since 22 May 2019[3]
Leader of the Opposition
Harold McGluwa, DA
since 30 November 2021
Structure
Seats30
Political groups
Government (16)
  •   ANC (15)
  •   FF+ (1)

Official Opposition (7)

Other parties (7)

Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Last election
29 May 2024
Meeting place
New Provincial Legislature Building, Galeshewe, Kimberley
Website
www.ncpleg.gov.za

The Northern Cape Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is a unicameral body of 30 members elected every five years. The current legislature was elected on 29 May 2024 with the African National Congress getting the most seats (15 members). It is situated in Kimberley, in a newly built complex to the west of the city centre on the edge of Galeshewe.[4]

The Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, like the eight other provincial legislatures in South Africa, was created on 27 April 1994 by the Interim Constitution of South Africa, which dissolved the four original provinces (and their provincial councils) and created the nine current provinces. It is currently constituted in terms of Chapter Six of the Constitution of South Africa, which defines the structure of the provincial governments.[5]

  1. ^ Swearing-in ceremony of new MPLs. Retrieved on 3 May 2019.
  2. ^ Saul honoured to lead Province. Retrieved on 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ Meet SA's newly elected premiers. Retrieved on 3 June 2019.
  4. ^ Chapter 6: Provinces, Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
  5. ^ Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. Retrieved on 3 January 2019.