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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

Provinces

Jurisdiction
South Africa
Provision
103
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
More details
Recorded status
in force

Provision text

Official source
(1) The Republic has the following provinces: (a) Eastern Cape; (b) Free State; (c) Gauteng; (d) KwaZulu-Natal; (e) Limpopo; (f) Mpumalanga; (g) Northern Cape; (h) North West; (i) Western Cape. [Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 3 of the Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003 and substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005] (2) The geographical areas of the respective provinces comprise the sum of the indicated geographical areas reflected in the various maps referred to in the Notice listed in Schedule 1A. [Sub-s. (2) substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005.] (3) (a) Whenever the geographical area of a province is re-determined by an amendment to the Constitution, an Act of Parliament may provide for measures to regulate, within a reasonable time, the legal, practical and any other consequences of the re-determination. (b) An Act of Parliament envisaged in paragraph (a) may be enacted and implemented before such amendment to the Constitution takes effect, but any provincial functions, assets, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities may only be transferred in terms of that Act after that amendment to the Constitution takes effect. [S.103 substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005.] Provincial Legislatures

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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 · justice.gov.za · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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