Politics of Western Cape

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Western Cape

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Constitution

Premier - Ebrahim Rasool Director-General - Virginia Petersen Provincial Parliament Speaker - Shaun Byneveldt Political Parties ANC DA National government National Council of Provinces Freddie Adams (R) N. D. Hendrickse (R) Helen Lamoela Novello John Mack Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi Denise Robinson National Assembly Current members Other Provincial Politics articles EC • FS • GT • KZN • LP • ML • NC • NW • WC Politics of South Africa

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As a province of South Africa, Western Cape province is governed through a parliamentary system of government.

[edit] Executive

The current Premier of Western Cape is Ebrahim Rasool, and the current Director-General of Western Cape Province is Gilbert Lawrence.

Department	MEC	HOD
Office of the Premier	Ebrahim Rasool	Virginia Petersen (acting)
Transport and Public Works	Marius Fransman	Thami Manyathi
Community Safety	Leonard Ramatlakane	Gilbert Lawrence
Health	Pierré Uys	Keith Craig Househam
Finance and Tourism	Lynne Brown	Johan Stegmann
Local Government and Housing	Richard Dyantyi	Shanaaz Majiet
Environment, Planning, and Economic Development	Tasneem Essop	Theo Tolmay
Agriculture	Cobus Dowry	Pieter van Rooyen
Social Development	Kholeka Mqulwana	Koleka Lubelwana
Education	Cameron Dugmore	Ronald Swartz
Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation	Whitey Jacobs	Mxolisi Nimrod Lindie

[edit] Legislative

The legislative functions of the provincial government are carried out by the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, which elects the leader of the largest party or coalition in the legislature as the premier of the province.

[edit] External links

• Ebrahim Rasool's blog
• Cape Gateway
• Western Cape Provincial Legislature