"We are also protecting our electoral system which places the political authority to deploy members of parliament in the respective political parties who contested elections". This sums up exactly what is wrong with the electoral system. Once the "the party" are voted for we, the electorate, have no way to get rid of the crooks, fools, and incompetents that "the party" deploys as part of the patronage system so central to their modus operandi. It is not only the ANC that loves the PR closed list electoral system, the DA, EFF et al would be horrified if they were required to be directly accountable to the electorate. It is time for change and a change must be made before the 2019 elections or it will be another 5 years of divisive political rhetoric!