National Assembly, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also with small initials.
historical
The legislative body of any of several ethnically-based territories which were granted ‘independence’ in terms of the policy of separate development. See also Bunga sense 2 a, homeland sense 1.
c1978 S. Afr. 1977: Off. Yrbk (Dept of Info.) 895The legislative authority is vested in a unicameral assembly of 150 members, of whom half are traditional leaders, i.e. the hereditary tribal leaders of the country who by virtue of their hereditary status automatically become members of the national assembly.
The legislative body of any of several ethnically-based territories which were granted ‘independence’ in terms of the policy of separate development.
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