Speaker, the DA is shocked by the appalling comments attributed to South African singer, Sunette Bridges. Ms Bridges has been quoted in Beeld as making horrible, disparaging comments about black South Africans.
This is more reminiscent of a bygone era of racial domination under apartheid than the kind of conversation one expects to hear in a multiracial democracy in 2010. Sunette Bridges needs to attend a sensitivity workshop and to apologise to all South Africans. It is appalling that she is now attempting to defend her comments.
The statement shows that there are still South Africans out there who are detached from the values of modern South African society and who are careless and uncaring in their treatment of their fellow citizens.
The sorts of comments made by Ms Bridges are completely out of line and should be rejected by every South African who is committed to building a compassionate, caring society. [Applause.]