_#_National holiday: Republic Day, 31 May (1910)
_#_Executive branch: state president, Executive Council (cabinet), Ministers' Councils (from the three houses of Parliament)
_#_Legislative branch: tricameral Parliament (Parlement) consists of the House of Assembly (Volksraad; whites), House of Representatives (Raad van Verteenwoordigers; Coloreds), and House of Delegates (Raad van Afgevaardigdes; Indians)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government—State President
Frederik W. DE KLERK (since 13 September 1989)
_#_Political parties and leaders: white political parties and leaders—National Party (NP), Frederik W. DE KLERK (majority party); Conservative Party (CP), Dr. Andries P. TREURNICHT (official opposition party); Herstigte National Party (HNP), Jaap MARAIS; Democratic Party (DP), Zach DE BEER;
Colored political parties and leaders—Labor Party (LP), Allan
HENDRICKSE (majority party);
Democratic Reform Party (DRP), Carter EBRAHIM;
United Democratic Party (UDP), Jac RABIE;
Freedom Party;
Indian political parties and leaders—Solidarity, J. N. REDDY
(majority party);
National People's Party (NPP), Amichand RAJBANSI;
Merit People's Party
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18, but voting rights are racially based