Impact
The IPU facilitates parliamentary diplomacy and empowers parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development around the world.
South Africa
South Africa
Data points :
Parliament, National Assembly, National Council of Provinces
The IPU data corresponds to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. For information about upper chambers, refer to Parline
Women in parliament
45.23%
of MPs are women
Youth in parliament
36.25%
of MPs are under 45
MPs' human rights
0
cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Population 63.21 million people
- Number of MPs 400 MPs
- Legislature Bicameral
- Last election May 2024
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
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Website
www.parliament.gov.za
www.parliament.gov.za - More data from Parline
This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
Innovation stories
At the 147th IPU Assembly, held in Luanda, Angola, in October 2023, the IPU and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) marking the transfer of the coordination of the CIP’s Southern Africa Regional Hub from the National Assembly of Zambia to the SADC PF Secretariat.
On 25 January 2023, the IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament held a webinar as part of the launch of the World e-Parliament Report 2022. The event looked at how the period of “enforced innovation” brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic had affected parliamentary working methods and practices.
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African parliament was quick to adopt digital innovations to ensure continuity of parliamentary functions. Parliamentary meetings were held entirely virtually or in a hybrid format.
Related news
Press releases
16/10/2025
IPU publication advocates for stronger parliamentary oversight amid record highs in military expenditure
Press releases
02/10/2025
MPs unite in Cape Town with plan for climate action, debt relief, and just energy transitions
Case studies
Case studies
07/08/2023
International Youth Day 2023: Educating youth for a sustainable future in Austria
Case studies
01/06/2022
South Africa: Mainstreaming citizen engagement in the constitution
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