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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
44.76%
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

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

Changes at the CIP’s Southern Africa Regional Hub

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.
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Will hybrid parliaments become the new normal?

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.
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South Africa’s digital innovations in a time of pandemic

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.
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