Hon Deputy Speaker, section 1 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that nonracialism is a founding value of our Constitution. This value was entrenched with a 75% majority. Throughout the Freedom Charter, the principle of nonracialism is found. The charter categorically states that all national groups shall be protected by law against insults to their race and national pride.
While this is the case, this weekend 5 000 delegates of the ANC Youth League unanimously elected Julius Malema as their president. In Kimberley he recently said that all whites in South Africa were criminals. He also said that the ANC should forget about minorities and go exclusively for the 75% black vote so that it can change the founding provisions of the Constitution. He is a person who has declared war on white capital, but black capital is just fine. He wants to destroy food security in South Africa, and is on his way to the Union Buildings to confront the President of the Republic. Julius Malema is nothing but a black supremacist and a racist.
The tragedy is that not a single ANC leader or politician has had the guts to reprimand Malema for his racist pronouncements. It was left to an ANC party official to say that the resolutions adopted did not accord with the policy of the ANC, but still not a single word was said on his racist insults to whites and other minorities.
Hon Winnie Mandela has even anointed him as the next Nelson Mandela! The ANC should not be surprised if their target of creating 500 000 jobs per annum does not materialise.
Deputy Speaker on a point of order: I request you to look at the discrepancy in the time allocations of this speaker and the previous speaker - the times given to them were not the same. I just request you to look at that discrepancy. Thank you.
No, the Table must explain, because I am looking at the clock here. Now, if they did not time it properly, they need to explain that. Can you look at that? Maybe you did not time it properly. [Interjections.] Okay, may we proceed so long? The Table is saying it was timed properly - one and a half minutes. Maybe it was slow. [Interjections.] Hon member, we are not going to sit here and discuss that now. Maybe we should consider it another time.
Usually I really look at them and, when they have not changed the clock, inform them that they have not done so. That is why at times I go over the required time, to your frustration. I mean, if there is one thing that I am very fair about, it is not cutting people short when I know they have not made an important point. You would all agree with me on that? [Applause.]