the same effect could be achieved through party discipline again the problem is one of a lack of political will i_letter do not believe that the anc wants to risk upsetting its own local structures by imposing party discipline on them thus it wants to pass this law and use it to sort out its own mess so we are in effect using legislation to try and fill the gap that has been left by political weakness there’s another overarching problem that makes us uneasy about this bill despite its positive aspects