The Republic of South Africa is a unitary parliamentary democratic republic. The President of South Africa serves both as head of state and as head of government. The President is elected by the National Assembly and must retain the confidence of the Assembly in order to remain in office. South Africans also elect provincial legislatures which govern each of the country's nine provinces.
Hillbrow is an inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg,Gauteng Province,South Africa. It is known for its high levels of population density,unemployment,poverty,prostitution and crime.
Anthony James Leon is a South African politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999-2007 as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He led the DA from its inception in 2000,until his retirement from leadership in 2007. Before that,he led the Democratic Party from 1994. He is the longest serving leader of the official opposition in parliament since the advent of democracy in 1994. Although still a member of the DA,he served as the South African Ambassador to Argentina,Uruguay and Paraguay under the ANC government from 2009 to 2012.
Arthur Chaskalson SCOB,was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the Rivonia Trial of 1963.
Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha,was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era,the longest-serving in South African history. Known as a liberal within the party,Botha served to present a friendly,conciliatory face on the regime,while criticised internally. He was a leading contender for the leadership of the National Party upon John Vorster's resignation in 1978,but was ultimately not chosen. Staying in the government after the first non-racial general election in 1994,he served under Mandela as Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs from 1994 to 1996.
Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada OMSG,sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy",was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist.
The Constitutional Court of South Africa is a supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa,and is the apex court in the South African judicial system,with general jurisdiction.
Valli Moosa is Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Climate Commission and Chairperson of the Constitution Hill trust. He was born in Johannesburg and is a veteran of the South African freedom struggle. Valli worked closely with Nelson Mandela during the settlement talks,served as negotiator for the ANC,and participated in drafting the South African Constitution. He served in President Mandela’s cabinet as Minister of Constitutional Development,and in President Mbeki’s government as Environment Minister. Valli joined the corporate sector in 2004 and currently serves on the board of Sappi Ltd. He has previously served on the boards of Anglo Platinum,Eskom and Sanlam. Valli served as a facilitator in the global climate change negotiations for a number of years. He previously served as President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN),as Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and as Chairman of WWF(SA).
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress from 1985 to 2007.
Harry Heinz Schwarz was a South African lawyer,statesman and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa,who eventually served as the South African Ambassador to the United States during the country's transition to majority rule.
Johann Christiaan Kriegler is a retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Derek Andre Hanekom is a South African retired politician,activist and former cabinet minister currently serving as the interim Chairman of South African Airways.
Jonathan Richard O'Dea is a former Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party from 2007 until 2023. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2023.
Catherine "Kate" O'Regan is a former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. From 2013 to 2014 she was a commissioner of the Khayelitsha Commission and is now the inaugural director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford.
Michael William Sutherland is an Australian politician who was the Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from September 2008 to March 2017,representing the electorate of Mount Lawley. Before state politics,Sutherland was a City of Perth Councillor from 1995 to 2009 and served as deputy mayor for five years. Sutherland retired from the City of Perth Council in early 2009. Between 1982 and 1987 Sutherland served as a Johannesburg city councillor.
Anchen Margaretha Dreyer is a South African politician,a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance,and former Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Caucus in the National Assembly. Before being elected unopposed to this position on 26 May 2014,she was first the Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises and thereafter the Shadow Minister of Public Works.
John Henry Steenhuisen is a South African politician who has served as the twentieth leader of the Opposition since October 2019 and has been the leader of the Democratic Alliance since November 2020,having served as the interim leader for one year from November 2019. He was chief whip of the official opposition from May 2014 until October 2019.
Tsepo Winston Mhlongo is a South African politician. As a member of the Democratic Alliance,he served as a councillor in the City of Johannesburg until the 2014 national election,when he was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa. After that,he was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. Mhlongo became the Shadow Minister of Sport and Recreation in January 2017 before he was selected to be Shadow Minister of Sports,Arts and Culture in June 2019. On 1 December 2023,Mhlongo was expelled from the DA and lost his parliamentary membership. He has since joined ActionSA.
Douglas Harvey Monro Gibson is a South African retired attorney,politician and diplomat who served as South Africa's ambassador to Thailand between 2008 and 2012. Previously,he had served as chief whip of the opposition from 1999 to 2007,as chairperson of the federal council of the Democratic Party between 1997 and 2000,and as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa between 1994 and 2008.
Bekizwe Simon "Bheki" Nkosi is a South African politician who current represents the African National Congress (ANC) as a Member of the National Assembly since 2019. An attorney by training,he was formerly a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1997 to 2012 and he served on the Gauteng Executive Council from 2009 to 2012. He was the deputy president of the ANC Youth League from 1994 to 1996.
