Deputy Speaker, on 29 January 2011 the UCDP held elections at the Mmabatho Convention Centre. The elections were overdue as the party's constitution states that elections must be held every three years. This was thus a historic moment in our party and we remain mesmerised by it.
The will of the people proved to be more powerful than the power possessed by individuals, and that to us is democracy in action. The IEC was invited to conduct and monitor the elections. A total of 530 delegates from 23 party regions were registered for voting. The president was elected in an amazing landslide victory of 365 votes out of 530 registered candidates.
I present my president in absentia, the UCDP newly-elected president, hon Mavis Ntebaleng Matladi, a woman leader and a rock, a burst of energy, a thinker, a tall, beautiful strategist and a humble woman. Thank you. [Applause.]