Hon Chair and hon members of this House, since 1994 the democratic government faced a series of challenges, including spatial, economic and social transformation, economic growth and economic inclusion in order to move South Africa forward.
At the core are interventions aimed at addressing poverty and inequality, as well as the overall adverse legacy of apartheid. It was the apartheid system that had created pit latrines that people are lamenting about. It is this people's budget that tries to address the legacy that was intentionally created by people to deny other people and other races a chance to live like human beings with dignity. The ANC government is bringing back the dignity of people to where it should be. [Interjections.]
On the issue of housing, it is the ANC, through its RDP, that has brought houses to the people. [Interjections.] It is the ANC government. People of South Africa must know; pensioners must also know
that when we talk about the increase of their pension fund, which is equal in South Africa for now, that it is the DA that doesn't want their money to be increased. It is the DA that says ... [Applause.] ... children must not receive equal education in South Africa and there should not be any free education. Again, it is the DA that is refusing to accept this people's budget.