The Presidency

The executive manager of government The Presidency is at the apex of the system of government in the Republic of South Africa. The Presidency is situated in the Union Buildings, Pretoria, and has another subsidiary office in Tuynhuys, Cape Town. The Constitution requires that all spheres of government work together and participate in the development of programs to redress poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization of people and communities, and other legacies of apartheid and discrimination. When the African National Congress (ANC) won the first national non-racial elections in April 1994 in a landslide victory, it enabled Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela to become the first president of a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa.