The people
Elect the National Assembly through the electoral system required by section 46 of the Constitution.
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🇿🇦 Formal national power · source bounded
Who selects whom in South Africa?
The National Assembly elects and can remove the President, the Cabinet answers to Parliament, and the Constitutional Court has final constitutional review.
Dots are institutions · arrows are sourced powers
Parliamentary constitutional republic
South Africa's Constitution connects direct election of the National Assembly, Assembly election and removal of the President, presidential appointment of the Cabinet, Cabinet accountability to Parliament, presidential reconsideration and constitutional referral of bills, judicial appointments involving the Judicial Service Commission, and final constitutional review by the Constitutional Court.
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The dots
Institutions represented on this map.
Each institution below has an attached source. Being listed does not imply an unshown formal relationship.
Parliament and National Assembly
Parliament includes the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces; Assembly-specific arrows are labeled as such.
President of the Republic
Is elected by the National Assembly, appoints Cabinet members, and exercises the bill-referral powers in section 84.
Judicial Service Commission
Advises on judicial appointments and prepares Constitutional Court nominee lists under section 174.
Cabinet
The President, Deputy President, and Ministers exercise executive authority and are accountable to Parliament.
Constitutional Court
Makes final decisions on constitutionality of Acts of Parliament and conduct of the President.
Evidence and limits
Every line has a source. Every missing layer stays visible.
The map describes formal national relationships only. It does not measure democratic quality, legitimacy, actual compliance, or informal influence.