PLANNING, MONITORING AND
EVALUATION: Madam Speaker, hon President, hon Deputy President, hon members and fellow South Africans, I would like to congratulate the President on delivering a comprehensive address which has given dynamism and unity of purpose to the nation, towards the South Africa we want. [Applause.] He reminded us of the triumph of freedom over subjugation; the triumph which saw President Nelson Mandela spend his first nights ... after 27 years on Robben Island.
The state of the nation address pointed out that the South Africa we want is a South Africa where women, men, young and old, people with disabilities, urban and rural, are all equal before the law, without regard to race, culture, religion or sexual orientation.
This very Parliament is a monument of our triumph over discrimination and exclusion. It is truly a people's Parliament which has integrated direct interaction with the people as part of its core business, thus bringing to fruition the Freedom Charter's declaration that, "no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all