Deputy Speaker, as a mass-based organisation that is rooted amongst the people, reaching into every sector of society and every corner of the land, the ANC has the capacity to get all of society working together to make change happen faster.
Continuing with our efforts of making a better life for all our citizens, the Minister of Home Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, launched a joint Home Affairs-Lusikisiki Community Forum in the Eastern Cape on Monday, 2 November 2009. She also inspected facilities in the Home Affairs offices.
The forum will monitor and ensure the implementation of quality service delivery to the Lusikisiki community. This will be the second such monitoring forum in the country, after the department launched one in Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal, earlier this year.
The forum consists of several government officials and members of the community, including local chiefs, religious leaders and councillors. The launch of this forum took place within the context of an overall government effort to involve communities in the process of governance, under the theme, "Together we can do more."
The ANC will always remain in touch with our people and listen to their needs. Thank you. [Applause.]