Number of tiers

South Africa, Electoral Act 73 of 1998 (as amended in 2019), accessed 26 April 2024

Schedule 1A, Section 57A

2. The seats in the National Assembly must be filled as follows:

(a)  One half of the seats from regional lists, submitted by the respective parties, with a fixed number of seats reserved for each region, as determined by the Commission, for every election of the Assembly, taking into account available scientifically based data in respect of voters and representations by interested parties.

(b)  The other half of the seats from national lists submitted by the respective parties, or from regional lists where national lists were not submitted. […]

South Africa, Election Commission, Seat calculation: National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures, accessed 26 April 2024