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The Governmental Structure of South Africa

A Brief History of the Government System

After the British cam to South Africa, it seemed like nothing went right for the people there. There was
many wars and when trying to create government systems and courts it seemed like no one could agree.
This was due to one group thinking the other group was either over represented or under represented. An
example of this would be between the African American people and white people of South Africa.

However, nowadays the South African government resembles the government of the United States. South
Africa has three branches of government and a president as well. The three branches are the executive,
legislature (parliament), and the judiciary courts.

Executive Branch The President

The president is the Head of State and head of the
The Executive Branch is responsible for ruling
National Executive. He must uphold, defend,and
the country through different departments or
respect the constitution and promote the unity of the
ministries. These different departments are
nation. The president also has a cabinet which consists
responsible for different issues like education
of a Deputy President and Ministers from Parliament.
and health matters. The Executive Branch is a
There is only one way for the President to be elected
committee of all the heads of these
and thats by members of the National Assembly. Cyril
departments which is called the Cabinet.
Ramaphosa is the new president of South Africa who
was elected in February 2018. He is the fifth president
Legislature/Parliament of South Africa following Jacob Zuma who was the
fourth.
The purpose of Legislature branch is to create
laws. The laws are created by members of
parliament and elected representatives.

Judiciary- The Courts

The purpose of this branch is to punish people
who break the law. To determine how the
people are punished is by either the low or
high court.
President Ramaphosa of South Africa
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References

Structure of Government in South Africa. (2016, August 01). Retrieved March

27, 2018, from http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/structure-government-
south-africa