26th South African Parliament

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26th South African Parliament
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Overview
Jurisdiction South Africa
Meeting placeCape Town
Term21 May 2014 (2014-05-21) - 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21)
National Assembly of South Africa
National Assembly of South Africa 2014.svg
Composition of the National Assembly
Members400
Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Baleka Mbete
Leader of the Opposition Mmusi Maimane
Presiding OfficersMmatlala Boroto, Cedric Frolick, Thoko Didiza
National Council of Provinces
Members90
Chairperson Thandi Modise
Deputy ChairpersonRaseriti Tau
Leader of the Opposition Cathlene Labuschagne

The 26th South African Parliament was the fifth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 7 May 2014 and consists of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly contains 400 members, while the National Council of Provinces contains 90 members. Members of Parliament were sworn in on 21 May 2014. [1] The 26th parliament first convened on 21 May 2014 to elect Jacob Zuma as the fifth democratically elected President of South Africa. [2] It was formally opened by president Zuma's State of the Nation Address in a joint sitting on 17 June 2014. [3]

Contents

13 Different political parties are represented in this parliament. [4] [5] The majority party in the 25th parliament, the African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority, although it was reduced to 249 (62%) seats, down from 264 seats out of 400 (66%), while the Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its lead of the opposition, taking 89 (22.23%) seats, up from 67 seats (16.75%) in the National Assembly of the 25th parliament. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise, both of the ANC, were elected on 21 May 2014 by members of parliament. [6] [7] The presiding officers of parliament, Mmatlala Boroto, Cedric Frolick and Thoko Didiza were elected on 18 June 2014. [8]

Mmusi Maimane was elected parliamentary Leader of the Opposition in a DA election in May 2014. [9]

Parties represented

National Assembly

PartySeats
African National Congress 249
Democratic Alliance (South Africa) 89
Economic Freedom Fighters 25
Inkatha Freedom Party 10
National Freedom Party 6
United Democratic Movement 4
Freedom Front Plus 4
Congress of the People 3
African Christian Democratic Party 3
African Independent Congress 3
Agang South Africa 2
Pan Africanist Congress 1
African People's Convention 1
Total400
Source: [4]

National Council of Provinces

PartyDelegate typeProvinceTotal
EC FS G KZN L M NW NC WC
African National Congress Permanent4434444423360
Special33234433227
Democratic Alliance Permanent1121111141320
Special112127
Economic Freedom Fighters Permanent11111167
Special11
Inkatha Freedom Party Permanent11
National Freedom Party Special11
United Democratic Movement Permanent11
Total10101010101010101090

Incidents

On 13 November 2014, MPs were involved in a physical altercation with police when EFF MP Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela refused to leave the podium after being instructed to when she called President Jacob Zuma a thief. Several DA and EFF MPs were shoved and pushed when trying to intervene with police in order to support Mashabela. DA chief whip John Steenhuisen said of the incident: “Four of my [DA] members, two of them women, have been assaulted by police. They are Terri Stander, Gordon Mackay, Denise Robinson and Dean Macpherson.” [10]

On 12 February 2015, at a joint-sitting for this parliament's 2nd State of the Nation Address, violence broke out after the parliamentary security force was called into the chamber by the speaker of parliament to remove the EFF, who were questioning president Jacob Zuma on his Nkandla property during his address. Following the ejection of the EFF, the DA requested clarification on whether members of the South African Police Service entered the parliamentary chamber, which they claimed was a violation of the constitution. After the speaker of parliament told the DA that it was unclear who were and were not members of the police, all the DA MPs walked out of the sitting. [11]

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