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South African Political Parties and Institutions
The parties in South Africa's National Assembly, and the state and civil bodies that power within the country runs through: the executive, Parliament, the courts, the Chapter 9 institutions, the prosecutors and police, the money power and organised society. Each party is judged on whether the elites have captured it, from its donations, campaign contributions and net assets. Each card links to the body's own site and to the record behind it.
How each party is judged captured by the elites or not
From the money each party itself reports. Its donations and income come from its audited 2024/25 statements filed with the Electoral Commission, which split its own (non-public) income into large donations (above the disclosure threshold, with the donors named), small donations, membership fees and levies, and other income. Its campaign contributions come from the quarterly disclosures since, up to the April–June 2026 run-up to the local elections. Its net assets are those of its audited public-funding account, the only balance sheet the Commission publishes.
Captured: most of its own income comes from large donations by billionaires, their family trusts and companies, or from income it does not explain while the donors it names are corporate interests. Or a single wealthy donor gives most of its recent campaign money. A party that depends on a few of the rich cannot easily act against them.
Not captured: its members, the levies its public representatives pay and small donors pay for most of it, and no outside wealthy donor gives a large share.
Every party also receives public money from Parliament through the Commission, shared by seats, which is not counted here. The verdict reads the declared record only: donations under the threshold (R200,000 a year since 2025, R100,000 before) are not named, and loans are shown apart. Checked 17 October 2026. The state institutions below are publicly funded, so they are not judged this way.
Parties in the Government of National Unity
No party won a majority in May 2024, so the ANC formed a Government of National Unity with nine other parties, together about 287 of the National Assembly's 400 seats. They govern on a shared Statement of Intent; the ANC holds the presidency and most ministries.
African National Congress (ANC)
Captured- In the GNU · leads it
- Leader: Cyril Ramaphosa
- 2024: 40.18% · 159 seats
- Founded 1912
Governed alone from 1994 until it lost its majority in 2024 for the first time, falling from 57.5% in 2019. It leads the GNU, holds the presidency and most ministries, and is in a governing alliance with COSATU and the SACP. Its government brought the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in December 2023. Its next elective conference is due in December 2027, when Ramaphosa's second and last term as party president ends.
Own income 2024/25: R344.9m · loans R118.4m · public-fund net assets −R25.0m
Donors: Batho Batho Trust and Chancellor House (the ANC's own investment arm, built on stakes in mining and other companies), firms of the billionaire Patrice Motsepe (African Rainbow Minerals, Harmony Gold, Botho-Botho Commercial Enterprises), United Manganese of Kalahari, MTN.
Members pay only 14% of the ANC's own income. 70%, R242 million, is 'other income' whose source the party has not explained, and it borrowed R118 million more on terms it did not disclose. The donors it does name are its own business arm and mining and telecoms interests. It is also deep in debt: its public-funding account owes R25 million more than it holds, it faced an insolvency application in 2025, and in October 2026 a creditor sought a R36.4 million default judgment against it. In 2026 the IEC refused to accept R15.27 million of its declared donations, including R15 million from Batho Batho, and issued it a direction for disclosure failures.
Official site ↗Sources (9)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- ANC welcomes political parties to the Government of National Unity
- Application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)
- African National Congress
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- Analysis of the IEC's Annual Political Party Funding Report for FY2023/2024
- DA leads R116m party donations as non-compliant ANC faces IEC penalties
- DA's funding surge outpaces rivals ahead of local government elections
- ANC faces R40m seizure from bank accounts
Democratic Alliance (DA)
Captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Geordin Hill-Lewis (since April 2026)
- 2024: 21.81% · 87 seats
- Governs the Western Cape
The official opposition before 2024 and now the ANC's largest partner in the GNU, with six cabinet portfolios. Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of Cape Town, was elected federal leader in April 2026 after John Steenhuisen stood down; he stays mayor rather than taking a seat in Parliament. Relations with the ANC are strained: in October 2026 ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula called for the DA's place in the GNU to be reviewed after the two parties clashed at the Constitutional Court.
Own income 2024/25: R208.0m · public-fund net assets R58.4m
Donors: Companies of the Capitec co-founder Michiel le Roux (Fynbos Ekwiteit and Fynbos Kapitaal: more than R208 million in five years), the Oppenheimer family, Patrice Motsepe's firms, Martin Moshal.
South Africa's best-funded party relies on one billionaire. Companies of Capitec co-founder Michiel le Roux gave R58 million of the R122 million it declared in 2025/26, and R55 million of the R104 million it declared in April–June 2026, more than half. Members pay 18% of its own income. Its public-funding account is healthy (R58 million), so the dependence lies in its campaign money.
Official site ↗Sources (10)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- DA announces Leadership Election Results
- Geordin Hill-Lewis elected as new DA federal leader
- Mbalula wants DA's future in GNU reviewed after ConCourt clash
- Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- DA's funding surge outpaces rivals ahead of local government elections
- DA leads R116m party donations as non-compliant ANC faces IEC penalties
- DA declares R65m in donations; Motsepe, Oppenheimers, Moshal biggest funders
- Capitec founder Michiel le Roux's R208 million DA donations spark debate
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
Captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Velenkosini Hlabisa
- 2024: 3.85% · 17 seats
- Leads KwaZulu-Natal's government
A KwaZulu-Natal party rooted in Zulu traditional leadership, founded by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Its leader Velenkosini Hlabisa is Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and in August 2026 proclaimed the date of the local government elections. Its Thami Ntuli is Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, at the head of a provincial unity government with the ANC, DA and NFP; the NFP left that government in January 2026.
Own income 2024/25: R63.5m · public-fund net assets R3.2m
Donors: Jonathan and Nicholas Oppenheimer, Martin Moshal (owner of Betway), Patrice Motsepe.
61% of the IFP's own income in 2024/25 came from large donations, nearly all of it R38.3 million declared in April–June 2024 from the Oppenheimers, Martin Moshal and Patrice Motsepe. Members pay 38%, a real base but the smaller part.
Official site ↗Sources (6)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- Minister Hlabisa proclaims 4 November as local government election date
- National Freedom Party quits KwaZulu-Natal unity government
- Inkatha Freedom Party
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- Parties rake in another R190 million – this is who is funding them
Patriotic Alliance (PA)
Not captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Gayton McKenzie
- 2024: 2.06% · 9 seats
A party with its base in coloured working-class communities in the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng. Gayton McKenzie is Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. In 2025 McKenzie threatened to take the party out of the GNU, saying it was not respected in the coalition.
Own income 2024/25: R15.3m · public-fund net assets R1.7m
Donors: Its own leader: R5.1 million from Gayton McKenzie's ZAR Empire Holdings and R299,900 from McKenzie personally (2024); Valumax Projects R1 million.
Members pay more than half (56%) of its own income. Most of the rest comes from its leader's own company, not from outside wealth: the PA is a leader-financed party, not one bought by others. It declared no donations in 2025/26.
Official site ↗Sources (6)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- Government of National Unity
- Patriotic Alliance
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- Parties rake in another R190 million – this is who is funding them
- DA's funding surge outpaces rivals ahead of local government elections
Freedom Front Plus (FF+)
Not captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Pieter Groenewald
- 2024: 1.36% · 6 seats
An Afrikaner nationalist party that campaigns for minority and language rights and against race-based policy. Pieter Groenewald is Minister of Correctional Services.
Own income 2024/25: R5.9m
Donors: None above the disclosure threshold.
No donation above the threshold in 2024/25. Membership fees pay half of its own income, and the rest is small donations and its own income.
United Democratic Movement (UDM)
Not captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Bantu Holomisa
- 2024: 0.49% · 3 seats
Founded in 1997 by Bantu Holomisa, a former Transkei military leader expelled from the ANC, and Roelf Meyer. Holomisa is Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
Own income 2024/25: R1.1m · public-fund net assets R990k
Donors: None above the disclosure threshold.
Three-quarters of its own income is membership fees; the rest is small donations. No large donor.
Rise Mzansi
Captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Songezo Zibi
- 2024: 0.42% · 2 seats
Launched in 2023 by former newspaper editor Songezo Zibi and first contested elections in 2024. It signed the GNU's Statement of Intent; Zibi chairs Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA).
Own income 2024/25: R35.7m · loans R11.9m · public-fund net assets R278k
Donors: Rebecca Oppenheimer (R15 million, 2024), 'We Are The People', a non-profit registered in 2024 whose funders are unknown (R15 million, then R30 million in 2026 from loans converted into a donation), Zungu Family Trust.
95% of its own income comes from large donations, and its members paid R23,320, under 0.1%. It also borrowed R11.95 million, and its auditor reported irregularities. In early 2026 R30 million of loans from 'We Are The People' were turned into a donation, which the IEC is examining.
Official site ↗Sources (7)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- Government of National Unity
- Rise Mzansi
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- IEC flags Rise Mzansi's R30 million as DA tops political funding donations
- Political newcomer Rise Mzansi receives highest donation of R15m
- Parties rake in another R190 million – this is who is funding them
Al Jama-ah
Not captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Ganief Hendricks
- 2024: 0.24% · 2 seats
- Muslim party, founded 2007
South Africa's Muslim party, based in Cape Town. It holds seats in Parliament and on several councils, and its Kabelo Gwamanda was Mayor of Johannesburg from 2023 to 2024. It is a member of the GNU and a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause and of the ICJ case against Israel.
Own income 2024/25: R819k
Donors: None above the disclosure threshold.
80% of its own income is membership fees and the rest small donations. It is funded by its community, not by wealthy donors.
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)
Not captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Mzwanele Nyhontso
- 2024: 0.23% · 1 seat
- Founded 1959
Broke from the ANC in 1959 over its multiracialism; it organised the protest that ended in the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. Its leader Mzwanele Nyhontso is Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development.
Own income 2024/25: R1.1m · public-fund net assets R593k
Donors: None.
All of its own income, R1.13 million, is membership fees and levies.
GOOD
Not captured- In the GNU
- Leader: Patricia de Lille
- 2024: 0.18% · 1 seat
Founded in 2018 by Patricia de Lille, a former Mayor of Cape Town, after she left the DA. De Lille is Minister of Tourism.
Own income 2024/25: R1.9m
Donors: R600,000 above the threshold in 2024/25.
Members and small donors pay 62% of its own income, and its large donations came to R600,000. It declared no donations in 2025/26.
Sources (5)
Opposition parties
The parties outside the GNU. MK, the third-largest party, leads the opposition benches with the EFF; together they hold about a quarter of the National Assembly.
uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK)
Not captured- Opposition · official opposition
- Leader: Jacob Zuma
- 2024: 14.58% · 58 seats
- Founded December 2023
Formed in December 2023 and backed by former president Jacob Zuma, it came third in 2024 on a large vote in KwaZulu-Natal and is the official opposition. It went to court to have the 2024 result set aside, and lost. In August 2026 Zuma made his son Duduzane Zuma first deputy president and Tony Yengeni second deputy president; John Hlophe was removed as deputy president but remains leader in Parliament.
Own income 2024/25: R7.2m
Donors: One declared: R380,555 from the South African Policy Education Initiative, a non-profit registered in March 2024.
No wealthy donor appears on the record: it declared one donation of R380,555 and nothing since. Members pay 34% of its own income. But its declared income of R7.2 million cannot pay for the stadium rallies it ran, ActionSA asked the IEC to investigate, and its auditor drew attention to its donations. On the record it is not captured; its full funding is not known.
Official site ↗Sources (8)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- Zuma appoints son Duduzane as MK party deputy president
- Jacob Zuma announces major MK Party leadership changes
- uMkhonto weSizwe Party
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- Analysis of the IEC's Annual Political Party Funding Report for FY2023/2024
- ActionSA questions EFF, MK Party funding disclosed to IEC and launches legal action against commission
- DA's funding surge outpaces rivals ahead of local government elections
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
Not captured- Opposition
- Leader: Julius Malema
- 2024: 9.52% · 39 seats
- Founded 2013
Founded in 2013 by Julius Malema after his expulsion from the ANC Youth League; it calls for land expropriation without compensation and the nationalisation of mines and banks. It moved the November 2023 National Assembly resolution to close Israel's embassy. In April 2026 Malema was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on firearm charges from a 2018 rally; in September 2026 the High Court gave him leave to appeal the convictions, and he remains free pending the appeal.
Own income 2024/25: R58.3m · loans R18.0m · public-fund net assets R45.8m
Donors: MTN (R515,313 in kind, 2024).
87% of its own income, R50.9 million, is membership fees and the levies its public representatives pay, more than any other party collects. It borrowed R18 million in 2024/25, after a R60 million loan reported to be from Standard Bank in 2023/24, which ties it to a lender but not to a donor. It declared no donations in 2025/26.
Official site ↗Sources (7)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- EFF leader Julius Malema sentenced to five years in prison over firearm conviction
- High court grants Malema leave to appeal firearm convictions
- Economic Freedom Fighters
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- Analysis of the IEC's Annual Political Party Funding Report for FY2023/2024
- We survive on party levies, says Malema in response to EFF's failure to disclose its donors
ActionSA
Captured- Opposition
- Leader: Herman Mashaba
- 2024: 1.20% · 6 seats
- Founded 2020
Founded in 2020 by Herman Mashaba, a businessman and former DA Mayor of Johannesburg. It campaigns on clean government and against illegal immigration, and stayed out of the GNU.
Own income 2024/25: R26.9m · public-fund net assets R23k
Donors: Martin Moshal, owner of Betway (R9 million in early 2024, R5 million in early 2026), and its founder Herman Mashaba.
53% of its own income came from large donations, chiefly the Betway owner Martin Moshal and its own millionaire founder, and another 19% was recorded as donations not declared with the Commission. Members pay 22%.
Official site ↗Sources (6)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- ActionSA
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- DA declares R65m in donations; Motsepe, Oppenheimers, Moshal biggest funders
- DA's funding surge outpaces rivals ahead of local government elections
- DA leads R116m party donations as non-compliant ANC faces IEC penalties
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)
Not captured- Opposition
- Leader: Kenneth Meshoe
- 2024: 0.60% · 3 seats
A Christian conservative party led by Kenneth Meshoe since its founding in 1993. It is South Africa's most openly pro-Israel party and opposed the government's ICJ case.
Own income 2024/25: R3.5m · loans R950k · public-fund net assets R8.1m
Donors: R240,000 above the threshold in 2024/25.
Membership fees are its largest source (47% of its own income); large donations were 7%.
African Transformation Movement (ATM)
Not captured- Opposition
- Leader: Vuyolwethu Zungula
- 2024: 0.40% · 2 seats
Formed in 2018 with backing from the South African Council of Messianic Churches in Christ. Its impeachment motions against President Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala affair kept the matter before Parliament.
Own income 2024/25: R1.9m
Donors: None above the disclosure threshold.
61% of its own income is membership fees, and it declared no large donations.
Build One South Africa (BOSA)
Captured- Opposition
- Leader: Mmusi Maimane
- 2024: 0.41% · 2 seats
Founded in 2022 by Mmusi Maimane, the DA's leader from 2015 to 2019. It campaigns on electoral reform, education and jobs.
Own income 2024/25: R14.2m · loans R1.5m · public-fund net assets −R54k
Donors: Martin Moshal, owner of Betway, among others.
92% of its own income came from large donations, and it reported no membership income at all. Its auditor qualified its statements for limitation of scope, and its public-funding account is in deficit.
Sources (5)
- 2024 National and Provincial Elections — national results
- Build One South Africa
- Political Funding Report 2025 — income of represented parties (Table 8) and their filed financial statements
- Analysis of the IEC's Annual Political Party Funding Report for FY2023/2024
- Parties rake in another R190 million – this is who is funding them
National Coloured Congress (NCC)
Not captured- Opposition
- Leader: Fadiel Adams
- 2024: 0.23% · 1 seat
A Cape Town party campaigning for the coloured community; Fadiel Adams is its member of Parliament.
Own income 2024/25: R506k
Donors: None above the disclosure threshold.
88% of its own income is membership fees.
The executive
The President is elected by the National Assembly and chooses the cabinet; under the GNU the cabinet is shared out between its parties.
The Presidency and Cabinet
Executive- President: Cyril Ramaphosa (since 2018)
- Deputy President: Paul Mashatile
- GNU cabinet named 30 June 2024
The President is head of state and of government and is elected by the National Assembly, which can remove him by a vote of no confidence. Ramaphosa was re-elected in June 2024 with GNU votes and named a cabinet that gave ministries to six of the GNU's parties.
National Treasury
Executive department- Minister of Finance: Enoch Godongwana (ANC)
Prepares the national budget, controls public spending and borrowing, and sets the rules for state procurement. Its 2025 budget, with a VAT increase, was the GNU's first open split, when the DA voted against the fiscal framework before the increase was dropped.
Parliament
Makes the laws, elects the President and holds the executive to account. Its 400 National Assembly members are elected by proportional representation.
National Assembly
Legislature- Speaker: Thoko Didiza (ANC)
- 400 seats
- Next general election due 2029
Elected every five years. It passes laws and budgets, elects and can remove the President, and appoints the heads of the Chapter 9 institutions. Its portfolio committees oversee each ministry, and SCOPA oversees public spending.
National Council of Provinces (NCOP)
Legislature- 90 delegates, 10 per province
- Chair: Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane (ANC)
The second house, which represents the nine provinces and local government in national lawmaking. It must pass any law that affects the provinces.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
The courts
The Constitution is supreme, and the courts can strike down laws and executive conduct that break it.
Constitutional Court
Judiciary- Chief Justice: Mandisa Maya (since 2024)
- 11 judges
The highest court on every matter. Its rulings have bound presidents: in 2016 it found that Jacob Zuma had failed to uphold the Constitution over Nkandla, and in 2021 it jailed him for contempt. Mandisa Maya is the first woman to be Chief Justice.
Judicial Service Commission (JSC)
Judiciary- Chaired by the Chief Justice
- 23 members
Interviews and recommends judges for appointment and hears complaints against them. Its members include judges, lawyers, MPs from several parties and presidential appointees.
Chapter 9 institutions
The independent bodies set up by Chapter 9 of the Constitution to support democracy. They answer to Parliament, not to the government.
Public Protector
Chapter 9- Kholeka Gcaleka (appointed November 2023, seven-year term)
Investigates improper conduct by the state and can order remedial action. Its 2016 State of Capture report led to the Zondo Commission. Gcaleka succeeded Busisiwe Mkhwebane, whom Parliament removed in 2023; the DA and EFF opposed her appointment, and her Phala Phala report clearing the President has drawn criticism.
Electoral Commission (IEC)
Chapter 9- Local government elections: 4 November 2026
Runs national, provincial and municipal elections and registers parties. It is running the 4 November 2026 local government elections, for which the voters' roll closed on 7 August and candidate lists closed on 28 August.
Auditor-General
Chapter 9- Auditor-General: Tsakani Maluleke (since 2020)
Audits every national, provincial and municipal body each year. Since 2019 its findings of irregular spending can be turned into a personal debt that the responsible official must repay.
South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
Chapter 9- Hears complaints under the Bill of Rights
Investigates human-rights violations, including hate speech and unfair discrimination, and can take cases to the Equality Courts.
CRL Rights Commission
Chapter 9- Cultural, religious and linguistic communities
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. It is the Chapter 9 body that hears complaints from religious communities, Muslims among them.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
Prosecution and policing
The bodies that investigate and prosecute crime and corruption, including the state capture cases.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)
Criminal justice- National Director: Andy Mothibi (since 1 February 2026)
Decides whether to prosecute. President Ramaphosa appointed Andy Mothibi, until then head of the SIU, after the selection panel found none of the candidates it interviewed suitable. He succeeded Shamila Batohi.
Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC)
Criminal justice- Permanent body within the NPA since 2024
Investigates serious corruption, chiefly the cases arising from the Zondo Commission's state capture findings. It was made permanent by law in 2024.
Special Investigating Unit (SIU)
Criminal justice- Acting head: Leonard Lekgetho (since February 2026)
Investigates fraud and maladministration in state institutions on presidential proclamation, and recovers money through the Special Tribunal.
South African Police Service (SAPS)
Criminal justice- Under the Madlanga Commission's scrutiny since 2025
The national police, which includes the Hawks (the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation). In July 2025 KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of interfering in investigations; Ramaphosa placed Mchunu on leave and appointed the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, which is still sitting.
Money and the economy
The independent and state bodies that hold the money power: the currency, tax, the state's pensions and competition.
South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
Independent (section 224)- Governor: Lesetja Kganyago (since 2014)
- Privately shareholder-owned
The central bank, independent under section 224 of the Constitution. It sets interest rates to meet its inflation target, issues the currency and regulates the banks through the Prudential Authority. Unusually, it is owned by private shareholders, and its nationalisation is a long-standing demand of the EFF and of ANC resolutions.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
South African Revenue Service (SARS)
State agency- Collects about R1.9 trillion a year
Collects tax and customs duties. It was hollowed out during state capture and rebuilt after the Nugent Commission of 2018.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
Public Investment Corporation (PIC)
State-owned- Manages over R2.5 trillion
- Mostly the GEPF's pensions
Africa's largest asset manager, investing the Government Employees Pension Fund and other public money in listed companies, bonds and unlisted projects. Its unlisted deals were the subject of the Mpati Commission in 2019.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
Competition Commission
State regulator- Rules on mergers and cartels
Investigates cartels and abuse of dominance and approves mergers, with a mandate that includes spreading ownership to historically disadvantaged people.
Organised society
The organised interests outside the state that shape national power: the ANC's alliance partners, business, traditional leadership and the Muslim community's bodies.
COSATU
Labour · ANC alliance- Largest trade union federation
- Founded 1985
The Congress of South African Trade Unions, a partner in the ANC's governing Tripartite Alliance with the SACP. It campaigns against privatisation and for public-sector wages.
South African Communist Party (SACP)
ANC alliance- Founded 1921
- Has run under the ANC's name since 1994
The ANC's alliance partner since the struggle, with leaders inside the ANC and its governments. In 2024 it resolved to contest elections in its own name instead of only on ANC lists.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)
Business- Organised business's voice at NEDLAC
The umbrella body of organised business, which negotiates with government and labour at NEDLAC. Big business has also worked with government directly through the Business for South Africa partnership since 2023.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders
Traditional leadership- Recognised by Chapter 12 of the Constitution
Advises Parliament and government on customary law and the communities under traditional leaders, who administer much communal land, including the Ingonyama Trust's land in KwaZulu-Natal.
Muslim Judicial Council (MJC)
Muslim community- Cape Town ulama body, founded 1945
- Halaal certification
The council of Muslim scholars in the Western Cape. It gives religious rulings, runs halaal certification and speaks for much of the Cape's Muslim community, including on Palestine.
Official site ↗Sources (1)
Jamiatul Ulama South Africa
Muslim community- Council of Muslim theologians, founded 1923
The national council of Deobandi ulama, based in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, which gives religious rulings, runs a fatwa department and supports Muslim schools and relief work.
Official site ↗Sources (1)