Parties
Parliamentary
- Tripartite Alliance
- Demokratiese Alliansie (Democratic Alliance)
- Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
- IQembu leNkatha yeNkululeko (Inkatha Freedom Party)
- Vryheidsfront Plus (Freedom Front Plus)
- Afrika Christen Demokratiese Party (African Christian Democratic Party)
- United Democratic Movement
- African Transformation Movement
- Good
- National Freedom Party
- African Independent Congress
- Congress of the People
- Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
- الجماعة (The Congregation)
Extraparliamentary
- ActionSA
- Patriotic Alliance
- Abantu Batho Congress
- African People's Convention
- Cape Coloured Congress
- United Christian Democratic Party
- Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (Concerned Local Residents)
- Bolsheviks Party of South Africa
- United Independent Movement
- African Democratic Change
- Better Residents Association
- Azanian People's Organisation
- Democratic Liberal Congress
- International Revelation Congress
- Power of Africans Unity
- Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats
- Africa Restoration Alliance
- Minority Front
- People's Revolutionary Movement
- Cape Independence Party
- Nasionale Konserwatiewe Party van Suid-Afrika (National Conservative Party of South Africa)
- Agang South Africa (Let Us Build South Africa)
- Capitalist Party of South Africa
Historical
- Independent Democrats (2003 - 2014)
- Federale Alliansie (Federal Alliance) (1998 - 2007)
- Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging (Afrikaner Unity Movement) (1998 - 2003)
- Nuwe Nasionale Party (New National Party) (1997 - 2005)
- Nasionale Party (National Party) (1990 - 1997)
- Demokratiese Party (Democratic Party) (1989 - 2000)
- Konserwatiewe Party van Suid-Afrika (Conservative Party of South Africa) (1982 - 2004)
- Progressiewe Federale Party (Progressive Federal Party) (1977 - 1989)
- New Republic Party (1977 - 1988)
- Suid-Afrikaanse Party (South African Party) (1977 - 1980)
- Arbeidersparty van Suid-Afrika (Labour Party of South Africa) (1969 - 1994)
- Nasionale Unie (National Union) (1960 - 1966)
- Progressiewe Party (Progressive Party) (1959 - 1975)
- Nasionale Party (National Party) (1948 - 1990)
- Verenigde Party (United Party) (1934 - 1977)
- Dominion Party (1934-1948)
- Nasionale Party (National Party) (1914 - 1948)
- Suid-Afrikaanse Arbeidersparty (South African Labour Party) (1910 - 1958)
- Suid-Afrikaanse Party (South African Party) (1910-1934)
- Unionist Party (1910-1920)
- South African Party (Cape Colony) (1896-1910)
- Progressive Party (Cape Colony) (1890-1910)
Presidents/Prime Ministers
Pre-Union National Leaders
- Jan van Riebeeck (Cape Colony, 1652-1662)
- Cecil Rhodes (Cape Colony, 1890-1896)
- Nicolaas Waterboer (West Griqualand, 1852-1896)
- Shaka Zulu (Zululand, 1816-1828)
- Cetshwayo (Zululand, 1873-1879)
- Frederick Moor (Natal, 1906-1910)
- Paul Kruger (Transvaal, 1883-1900)
- M.T. Steyn (Oranje, 1896-1902)
State Presidents & Prime Ministers of South Africa
Prior to Pieter Botha's presidency, the state president was largely ceremonial until the offices of president and prime minister were merged in 1984
- Louis Botha (1910-1919)
- Jan Smuts (1919-1924, 1939-1948)
- James Barry Munnik Hertzog (1924-1939)
- Daniel François Malan (1948-1954)
- Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (1954-1958)
- Hendrik Verwoerd (1958-1966)
- Balthazar Johannes Vorster (1966-1978)
- Pieter Willem Botha (1978-1989)
- Frederik Willem de Klerk (1989-1994)
Post-Apartheid Presidents
- Nelson Mandela ( ANC, 1994-1999)
- Thabo Mbeki ( ANC, 1999-2008)
- Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri ( ANC, 2008)[1]
- Kgalema Motlanthe ( ANC, 2008-2009)
- Jacob Zuma ( ANC, 2009-2018)
- Cyril Ramaphosa ( ANC, 2018-)
Post-Apartheid Presidents
- Frederik Willem de Klerk (1994-1996)
- Thabo Mbeki (1994-1999)
- Jacob Zuma (1999-2005)
- ↑ Acting president. Only served for 14 hours.