"I have, on behalf of the Democratic Alliance, submitted a legislative proposal to amend current electoral legislation," DA MP Annette Lovemore said on Sunday.

"A South African living abroad can currently only vote at South African embassies, consulates and high commissions," she said.

"In a country such as Australia, with the only South African foreign mission stationed in Canberra, reasonable access to voting, and thus inclusiveness, cannot be said to exist."

If made law, the bill would allow voters living outside South Africa to register to vote where they lives, would increase access to voting for South Africans living abroad and would allow them to exercise their vote in provincial and national elections, said Lovemore.

"It is worth noting, however, that many countries across the world utilise combinations of personal voting, postal voting, voting by proxy, e-voting and voting by fax to allow nationals living abroad to exercise their electoral rights.

"Any method or combination of methods, would have to be secure enough to protect the secrecy of the vote and the integrity of our electoral system," she said.