Hon Chauke, please take your seat. Please continue, hon Maimane.
Mr President, it has been 29 years, almost to the day, since Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster prison and told us of the South Africa he wanted to build on a foundation of human rights. So I find it strange that your party would side with people like Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nicolas Maduro. I stand with the people of Zimbabwe and Venezuela and their rights. [Applause.]
This is the change South Africa needs. Not because we hate the ANC, but because we love our country. The ANC is simply incapable of delivering the dream that President Mandela had.
A great Greek philosopher once said, "Character is destiny". This means that you don't build your reputation on what you're going to do, but on what you have done.
When I look back at the past five years - both yours and that of the ANC - I know that we desperately need change, and we need it now. We've seen the character of your party. It will not lead us to where we need to go.