South Africa in the last election, women accounted for 45% of the seats and become the parliament of Rwanda and Sweden after the most gender-balanced national.

上次南非选举中，女性占到了45%的席位，并成为继卢旺达及瑞典之后议会性别最平衡的国家。

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The proportion is even lower in South Africa, where 31 % of members of parliament and a similar ratio of the cabinet are women, but they constitute only 8 % of the politicians quoted in the media.

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As an index of political energy, the first day of the fourth annual session did nothing to counter the feeling that South Africa's parliament is losing its fizz.

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