National Assembly of South Africa
Infobox legislature | background_color = Green | name = National Assembly | native_name = | legislature = 27th Parliament (members) | coa_pic = | coa_caption = Logo of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa | coa_res = 200px | session_room = | house_type = Lower house | body = Parliament of South Africa | leader1_type = Speaker | leader1 = Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | party1 = ANC | election1 = 19 August 2021 | leader2_type = Deputy Speaker | leader2 = Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli | party2 = ANC | election2 = 21 May 2014 | leader3_type = Leader of Government Business | leader3 = Paul Mashatile | party3 = ANC | election3 = 6 March 2023 | leader4_type = Chief Whip of the Majority Party | leader4 = Pemmy Majodina | party4 = ANC | election4 = 22 May 2019 | leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | leader5 = John Steenhuisen | party5 = DA | election5 = 27 October 2019 | leader6_type = Chief Whip of the Opposition | leader6 = Siviwe Gwarube | party6 = DA | election6 = 18 August 2022 | structure1 = Diagram of the National Assembly of South Africa.svg | structure1_res = 260px | members = 400 | political_groups1= Government (230) ANC (230) Official Opposition (84) DA (84) Other parties (86) EFF (44) IFP (14) FF+ (10) ACDP (4) UDM (2) ATM (2) Good (2) NFP (2) AIC (2) COPE (2) PAC (1) Al Jama-ah (1) | voting_system1 = Closed list proportional representation | last_election1 = 8 May 2019 | next_election1 = 2024 | meeting_place = Good Hope Chamber, Cape Town, South Africa | website = The National Assembly' is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality. The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula who previously served as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
