Hon Speaker, the Kommandokorps camp in rural Mpumalanga is a training camp for hatred and racism. It should be shut down immediately.
Today the DA urgently contacted the Mpumalanga provincial police commissioner, Lt Gen Thulani Ntombela, requesting that he use every legal means available to him to shut down the camp, pending a full investigation into what is happening there.
We are waiting for a response from the SA Human Rights Commission to our request for an investigation into the camp. However, there is already evidence which would enable the police to act now. Specifically, we believe that the various videos of the camp provide sufficient evidence to suspect that there may be illegal weapons there, or that weapons are being used without licences.
The claim by Col Jooste that "no hate speech is ever expressed at the camp" is, quite simply, a lie. Films available on YouTube about the camp provide ample evidence of the hate and racism taught there.
All South Africans should find the continued existence of this camp an affront to our democracy and our Constitution. I am personally incensed by the prospect that this camp may be allowed to continue operating for one day longer. This hate camp must be stopped, and it must be stopped now. [Applause.]