The Prime Minister is the head of government of the Cape Colony. The leader of the majority party within Parliament, or alternatively, a negotiated candidate from a coalition of parties, as is the case today, usually becomes the Prime Minister after a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) approve it. The Prime Minister is then ceremoniously recognized by the Governor General on behalf of the Queen, and starts his tenure. The Prime Minister serves a six year term unless he is recalled by Parliament through a motion of no confidence.
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| - The Prime Minister is the head of government of the Cape Colony. The leader of the majority party within Parliament, or alternatively, a negotiated candidate from a coalition of parties, as is the case today, usually becomes the Prime Minister after a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) approve it. The Prime Minister is then ceremoniously recognized by the Governor General on behalf of the Queen, and starts his tenure. The Prime Minister serves a six year term unless he is recalled by Parliament through a motion of no confidence.
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| - The Prime Minister is the head of government of the Cape Colony. The leader of the majority party within Parliament, or alternatively, a negotiated candidate from a coalition of parties, as is the case today, usually becomes the Prime Minister after a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) approve it. The Prime Minister is then ceremoniously recognized by the Governor General on behalf of the Queen, and starts his tenure. The Prime Minister serves a six year term unless he is recalled by Parliament through a motion of no confidence. The most important and notable duty of the Prime Minister is the implementation of legislation as passed by Parliament. He, along with the cabinet ministers he appoints, act on behalf of Parliament and remain members of that body. There is therefore only marginal separation of powers between the executive and the legislature; a feature of the Westminster system of government. The current Prime Minister of the Cape is Leonard Christianson, the second black person in the Cape's history to occupy the office.
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