Hon Deputy Speaker, hon Deputy President, hon Ministers and Deputy Ministers, hon members, comrades and friends, President Fidel Castro of Cuba has this to say on 30 June 1961 when addressing a meeting of cultural figures I quote:
We believe that revolution still has many battles to fight and that our first thoughts and concerns should be: What can we do to assure the victory of the revolution.
As legislators serving in this 5th Parliament, we need to ask ourselves: What have we done to assure the victory of our national democratic revolution? [Interjections.] We have promulgated, amended and also repealed certain pieces of legislations in order to address the issues of inequality, unemployment and poverty. The clarion call made by the ANC through its manifesto is: "Let's grow South Africa together". Let me address you, hon members on what has been the significant role played by the Public investment Corporation, PIC, over a period of