Speaker, the ANC used Rustenburg as the city to launch its election manifesto. This is one of the most important cities in our country, one that is emerging and growing fast.
The reason for this is that the ANC regards its vision of creating a nonracial, nonsexist, democratic and united society as a vision that it is committed to. [Interjections.] We are 99 years old today because the majority of our people in the country agree with this and have deemed it necessary to support us.
With the programmes that are now under way to support municipalities in the objectives that they have set for themselves to meet the needs of the people, we have no hesitation that the ANC will once again prove to be the preferred ruler of this country in every part of this country. Thank you. [Applause.]