Bloemfontein is the judicial seat for South Africa and serves as one of three national capitals. Cape Town, located in Western Province, serves as the legislative seat, and Pretoria, located in Gauteng Province, serves as the administrative seat of government. Johannesberg, also in Gauteng, holds the Constitutional Court.
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Ploceus velatus - The southern masked weaver is common throughout Southern Africa. Taking on several female partners, the male has the duty of weaving each of his many nests from grass, palm, and reed. The female lines the nest with feathers and soft grass. To defeat the parasitisation of nest by cuckoos, the southern masked weaver lays her clutch of eggs in various colors. This defeats the cuckoo’s ability to place an invasive egg similar in color into the host’s nest. The southern masked weaver will easily recognize any fake egg and eject it from her nest.
