Hon Speaker, I would like to thank the hon Bhengu for informing this House about the 1 643 bicycles that have been distributed to poor schoolchildren in Mpumalanga province, particularly those who have to walk more than 6 km in order to get to school. I think this is a very important initiative; it's not just in Mpumalanga province, but is part of a countrywide initiative.
What is helping this initiative is also the fact that we are now able to locate it more effectively within the rural development programme led by Minister Gugile Nkwinti. The need to see mobility in rural areas is not just a stand-alone thing, but part and parcel of developing our region.
The DA has reminded us today that it is 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. But I think before we celebrate too quickly about that matter we need to remind ourselves that there are many walls that still remain in the world and in our country; and many types of spatial discrimination. The most fortified frontier in the world is between two countries supposedly at peace - Mexico and the United States. More people have died on that border than tragically died on the Berlin Wall. I think that that is a sobering thing that we should remember.
My point is that there are all kinds of spatial discriminations alive and well, including within our own country. Gated communities are but one example of this spatial discrimination, and they are found in many communities represented by the DA, no doubt.
There are spatial discriminations of all kinds, and the Shova Kalula programme is one small contribution to beginning to democratise mobility, space and access in our country.
Another DA member correctly, I think, stood up, and it was good that the DA sided with us and made the point that the statements by the singer Sunette Bridges are outrageous. The DA came up with the useful suggestion that she should be sent to sensitivity classes. I think that would be a good contribution to our country.
While she goes, perhaps so that we can get two for the price of one, there are a couple of members in their caucus, the DA caucus, who might also like to go to sensitivity training when it comes to understanding a nonracial South Africa. [Applause.]