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The Government of KwaZulu-Natal (IsiZulu: uHulumeni waKwaZulu-Natal) is the subnational government of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The politics of the province take place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy and liberal multi-party parliamentary democracy within a constitutional republic whereby the King of the Zulu Nation is the ceremonial figurehead of an elected government. The provincial government comprises the second sphere of government of South Africa and consists of three branches with checks and balances between them as follows: Executive: Premier of KwaZulu-Natal who appoints and chairs the Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal Legislature: The unicameral KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature elected by proportional representation which elects the Premier Judiciary: KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court of South Africa appointed by the President of South Africa on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission KwaZulu-Natal traces its history to the Zulu Kingdom. The Zulu Kingdom was under the suzerainty of the Mthethwa Empire in the early 19th-century. Under King Shaka, the Mthethwa Empire was subsumed into the Zulu Kingdom in 1817.