Powers and Duties
The Union Buildings share duties with Cape Town as the seat of the South African government. Pretoria shares duties with Cape Town and Bloemfontein as the capital cities of South Africa.
Parliament spends the winter months in Pretoria, during the summer months it changes to Cape Town.
The official seat of the president are the Union Buildings in Pretoria and the Tuynhuys in Cape Town.
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