Cape Town, Houses of Parliament

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South Africa's Houses of Parliament, on Parliament Street, are a complex of interlinking buildings, with labyrinthine corridors connecting hundreds of offices, debating chambers and miscellaneous other rooms.

Many of these are relics of the 1980s reformist phase of apartheid when, in the interests of racial segregation, there were three distinct legislative complexes sited here to cater to different "races".

The original wing, completed in 1885, is an imposing Victorian Neoclassical building that first served as the legislative assembly of the Cape Colony.

After the Boer republics and British colonies amalgamated in 1910, it became the Parliament of the Union of South Africa.

This is the old Parliament, where over seven decades of repressive legislation, including apartheid laws, were passed.



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The new chamber was built in 1983 as part of the tricameral parliament.
P.W. Botha's attempt to avert majority rule by trying to co-opt Indians and coloured - but in their own separate debating chambers.


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The "tricameral" chamber, where the three non-African races on occasions met together, is now the National Assembly, where you can watch sessions of parliament.
One-hour tours leave from the Plein Street entrance to Parliament.


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