page_title: Government of South Africa
section_title: Executive
hierarchical_section_title: Government of South Africa / Executive
caption_attribution_description: English: South African government income and expenses for FY 2019/20 as published by the South African treasury. Source: http://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2019/review/FullBR.pdf An svg version of this can be found at File:SA_government_income_&amp;_expenses_2019.svg
context_page_description: The Republic of South Africa is a parliamentary republic with three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary, operating in a parliamentary system. Legislative authority is held by the Parliament of South Africa.
  Executive authority is vested in the President of South Africa who is head of state and head of government, and his Cabinet.
  The President is elected by the Parliament to serve a fixed term.
  South Africa's government differs greatly from those of other Commonwealth nations. The national, provincial and local levels of government all have legislative and executive authority in their own spheres, and are defined in the South African Constitution as "distinctive, interdependent and interrelated".
  Operating at both national and provincial levels are advisory bodies drawn from South Africa's traditional leaders. It is a stated intention in the Constitution that the country be run on a system of co-operative governance.
  The national government is composed of three inter-connected branches:
  Legislative: Parliament, consisting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces
  Executive: The President, who is both Head of State and Head of Government
context_section_description: The President, Deputy President and the Ministers make up the executive branch of the national government. Ministers are Members of Parliament who are appointed by the President to head the various departments of the national government. The president is elected by parliament from its members.
caption: South African national government budget for 2019/20.
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