Chairperson, I would like to respond to four of the statements. With your permission Chair, three will be dealt with at once because they are on Zimbabwe. The other one I would like to respond to is about the Sea Point problem concerning affordable housing.
Firstly, I would like to say that the South African government cannot and does not condone the use of violence against its citizens or citizens from any other country. We have worked as government over the past 13 years with our neighbours on the continent to entrench democracy and respect for human rights, here at home as well as in Africa, and indeed the rest of the world. We will continue to do so until we have achieved our objective of a peaceful, prosperous and democratic country and continent. I would like to respond to the hon member who raised the question of affordable housing in suburbs such as Sea Point. I would like to say how much I appreciate the creative ways in which different communities approach the question of sustainable human development. I am personally involved in a project involving mainly domestic workers in the southern suburbs, where we are looking at a housing project to accommodate them close to their places of work.
I think the more communities embrace this new way of living, the sooner will we have integrated and happy South African communities who see themselves as South Africans before they see themselves as anything else. Thank you very much. [Applause.]