Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to express the IFP's condemnation of the current series of incidents of racial intolerance, led by the ruling party, with its attempt to legalise racial discrimination against especially a previously disadvantaged group. It is even more disturbing that senior members of the media are equally reckless when dealing with such sensitive issues.
On 3 March the editor of The Times made a derogatory remark that coloureds are regarded as being paranoid and illiterate. The IFP will not stand by silently as witness to the constant degradation along racial grounds of a minority, and we have therefore laid a complaint with the Press Ombudsman against the editor of The Times. As a political party, the IFP cannot and will not allow social cohesion to be constantly compromised in any form or manner. Thank you.