Thank you very much, Chairperson. It is very important to understand that in 1994 when the ANC was elected into power by the majority of South Africans, had a big responsibility to try and address the injustices of the past. We know very well that in the past education and infrastructure of education was only preserved for the minority who had fear of the majority being educated.
We know very well that the issue of the violence in schools and our communities cannot be separated from the inequalities that we are faced with as a country. The biggest issue that we are faced with, which is inequality, has forced our parents to wake up in the early hours of the morning, to go and sell their labour to the ruling class, and come back late at night without parenting their kids.
A lot of families are led by children and child-headed families are bound to produce mentally-ill kids. We cannot say we can't blame it on the legacy of apartheid. I was expecting hon members from the DA when they come to the front here to firstly apologise for the injustices of the past and say, let's work together to address them. [Interjections.]
Hon members ... Hon member of the EFF, it is very important that I do not spend much of my time addressing what you have said because you have done at best, was to remind us of our own resolutions. Some of the issues you have contributed lack scientific direction. It is very important that we educate you a bit because it is our fault that, when we were recruiting other
learners into the Congress of the SA Students, we forgot to recruit you. We apologise. [Laughter.]
Hon members, it s very important to understand that the issue of private schools ... [Interjections.]