Chair, I want to say that the President of the country has a responsibility not only in South Africa but also internationally. He is an international figure and he therefore has to communicate with other countries. Any understanding Member of Parliament, let alone people in society, would have known that the President was attending the G20 Summit, and this was a summit that the hon member knows about.
I also want to say that it is a pity that people raise petty things. There will be protests and they did not start now. They will always be there, because 20 years later we are still dealing with the legacy of apartheid. We couldn't have done it in less than 20 years; it is not possible.
On the issue raised by the hon Ms Van Lingen concerning an open-opportunity society, an open-opportunity society belongs to a certain section of our country. It belongs to the white people, in particular the rich and the haves, and excludes the have-nots. [Interjections.]
I also want to say that the DA, instead of trying to assist the ANC, is further dividing South Africans. They are encouraging black-on-black violence. A good example of that is what happened in Johannesburg when they organised their march. Where were the young unemployed white people? Where were they? Why was it only African unemployed people? That was a rented crowd, particularly from the Vaal in Gauteng.