Parliament is bicameral and is located in Cape Town.
The National Assembly has 400 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote. The National Council of Provinces has 90 members. 10 members are elected by each of the 9 new (1994) provincial legislatures and serve five-year terms.
Governors-General
1910-1914 Herbert John Gladstone
1914-1920 Sydney Charles Buxton
1920-1923 Prince Arthur of Connaught
1924-1930 Earl of Athlone
1931-1937 Earl of Clarendon
1937-1943 Sir Patrick Duncan
1943-1945 Rt. Hon. N. J. de Wet
1945-1950 Major G. B. van Zyl
1951-1959 Dr. E. G. Jansen
1960-1961 C. R. Swart
1961-1961 Hon. L. C. Steyn
Presidents
1961-1967 Charles Robberts Swart
1967-1968 Jozua François Naudé
1968-1975 Jacobus Johannes Fouché
1975-1975 Johannes de Klerk
1975-1978 Nicolaas J. Diederichs
1978-1978 Marais Viljoen
1978-1979 B. J. Vorster
1979-1984 Marais Viljoen
1984-1989 Pieter Willem Botha
1989-1989 J. Christian Heunis
1989-1994 Frederik W. de Klerk
1994-1999 Nelson Mandela
1999-2008 Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
2008-2008 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (acting, hours)
2008 now Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Prime Ministers
1909-1920 Gen. Louis Botha
1920-1947 Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts
1947-1955 Dr. D. F. Malan
1955-1958 J. G. Strijdom
1958-1966 Dr. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
1966-1978 Balthazar Johannes Vorster
1978-1984 Pieter Willem Botha
