National Assembly of South Africa

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National Assembly List 10 other official names: Nasionale Vergadering (Afrikaans) iNdlu yesiBethamthetho seNarha (Southern Ndebele) iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe (Xhosa) iSishayamthetho sikaZwelonke (Zulu) liBandla laVelonkhe (Swazi) Seboka sa Maloko a Palamente (Northern Sotho) Ntlo ya Seboka sa Naha (Sotho) Ntlokokoano Bosetšhaba (Tswana) Huvo ya Rixaka (Tsonga) Buthano ḽa Lushaka (Venda)
28th Parliament (members)
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of South Africa
Leadership
Speaker	Thoko Didiza, ANC since 14 June 2024
Deputy Speaker	Annelie Lotriet, DA since 14 June 2024
Leader of Government Business	vacant since 6 March 2023
Chief Whip of the Majority Party	Mdumiseni Ntuli, ANC since 14 June 2024
Leader of the Opposition	vacant (MK)
Chief Whip of the Opposition	vacant (MK)
Structure
Seats	400
Political groups	Incoming government (273)   ANC (159)   DA (87)   IFP (17)   PA (9)   Good (1) Opposition (106)   MK (58)   EFF (39)   UDM (3)   ATM (2)   Al Jama-ah (2)   UAT (1)   PAC (1) Others (21)   ActionSA (6)   VF+ (6)   ACDP (3)   RISE (2)   BOSA (2)   NCC (2)
Elections
Voting system	Closed list proportional representation
Last election	29 May 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
Good Hope Chamber and Cape Town International Convention Center Cape Town, South Africa[1][2]
Website
National Assembly – Parliament of South Africa

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The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality.

The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current speaker as of 14 June 2024 is Thoko Didiza (ANC).^[3] The Deputy Speaker is Annelie Lotriet (DA) since 14 June 2024.^[4]

The National Assembly chamber was destroyed in a fire in January 2022.^[5] National Assembly sittings are now held in the old Good Hope Chamber, which is within the precincts of parliament.^[1][6][7]