The representation is extremely needed for a representative democracy to work. Democracy means "people's rule". The people's place in the democracy is very important.
The Containment Strategy was the principal strategy adopted by the US in foreign policy matters during the Cold War era.
It aimed to stop the expansion of the national enemy: communism, and in turn, of the URSS and the countries under its influence, that were denominated the Eastern Bloc. It consisted on responding to any attempt of expansion performed by the URSS, seeking to spread communism in Eastern Europe, Korea, China Africa, Vietnam, and Latin America.
The current constitution of South Africa has been created in 1996 and took effect in 1997. But the way to a democracy in RSA has been paved after the fall of Apartheid in 1994.