The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria. This was part of a compromise agreed upon at the formation of the Union of South Africa, in 1910. According to this compromise Cape Town would be the legislative capital, Bloemfontein the judicial capital and Pretoria would be the administrative capital.
There was a devastating fire, on the 2 January 2022 and burnt for at least three days. The firefighters responded within six minutes after being called and alerted by the police guarding the parliamentary precinct. (links in FURTHER READING)
