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Home › Society › Government › Leaders of the World › Africa › South Africa

South Africa

Parliament
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




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