Government

The President is the head of state and of the national executive. He exercises executive authority together with other members of the Cabinet, namely the Deputy President and Ministers. The executive develops policy, for example by preparing and initiating legislation which it submits to Parliament for approval. It then implements that policy by running the administration of the country by means of the different government departments. ... more

Diversity would definitely be a key feature in a country with 11 official languages. And it is. South Africa is a country where, as the BBC points out, erstwhile exiles, rabbis, rugby players and local chieftains enter the political arena as “leaders”; it is also a country where mud-huts rub shoulders with sprawling bungalows.

It is a country of paradoxes – even as surveys indicate that the country's economy is booming, the poor struggle for one square meal. The country's purchasing power parity places it among the world's 50 wealthiest nations. ... more

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South Africa is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional power is shared between the president and the Parliament. The parliament is bicameral, consisting of National Council of Provinces (the upper house) and the National Assembly (the lower house). ... more