If it weren’t for the ANC ladies and the pressure they put on the government, females would have been much worse off. - Nocwaka Lamani

The gender quota is not up for debate in the ruling party and their gains have given a fillip to women in more conservative parties.

Women have brought a different culture to Parliament. It’s less of a beer-swilling, let’s sort things out in the bar kind of place.

Some women in the ANC had wanted the quota beefed up to one in two candidates. They failed in their bid, but it remains the only party with a quota of seats reserved for women