"BBC" is a public broadcaster in Britain, so there is nothing unparliamentary with saying BBC. [Laughter.] [Interjections.]
Let me just deal with you very briefly. I searched very hard in the manifesto of the DA for values that would build a nonracist, nonsexist and democratic society. I must tell you that it was a fruitless exercise. I also hoped to come across a clause in that manifesto speaking to an open- toilet society for the residents of Guguletu. [Interjections.] And I still did not find that particular clause in the manifesto.
Whatever opportunities there are in open toilets, I can only leave to the imagination of the Premier of the Western Cape and the Mayor of Cape Town. I wonder if their houses have the same toilets as those in Guguletu. But how ironic that a struggle for better toilets has sparked the downward spiral of the DA government in the Western Cape. The people of this city will flush you down the same toilet.
I also came across a statement by the same DA about why there is a need to implement a youth employment subsidy, because they insist that this is their idea. There is nothing whatsoever.
What the ANC government will implement is a youth employment subsidy to the benefit of the youth of our country and not in the way in which you are trying to present it, which is to the benefit of the company bosses and all of those things. That is not going to happen.
Thirty-four years after June 16, the objectives of building a nonracist, nonsexist and democratic society still remain. The goal of liberating blacks and Africans from economic and political bondage still remains. In doing this, we have to understand that there is growing anger and frustration among the black youth who are yet to share the collective fruits of our democracy.
This leads them to violent protest, usage and trafficking of drugs, prostitution, co-option by crime cartels, desire for the life of "bling" as most of the opportunities are closed by the unaccountable - in particular, the private sector.
Equally, in doing so, we have to address the fears and suspicions of young, white South Africans - and not in a political way because we know that if we begin to engage with these issues, in particular with political parties, all they are interested in is perpetuating the racial profiling of our political parties. Therefore, it should be engagement with the majority of our people in building a collective society.
We, equally, have to ensure that a nonracist society can only be attained if it is an equal society. We have to contribute equally to ensuring that white is not generally identified with wealth, whilst black is identified with poverty. It is in the interests of all South Africans, especially us as the youth, that we pursue the goals of an equal, nonracist and democratic society based on social justice. In that way, in our striving for social justice, the other accompanying ills of crime, HIV and Aids, and so forth, will come to an end.
I think it should be very embarrassing that you compare a young person, whose opportunities are closed completely, to Mark Shuttleworth, who had abundant opportunities provided to him by a long-standing, oppressive apartheid regime. [Applause.]
I think that you should be very embarrassed to begin to compare the opportunities of young people in Alexandria to those of young people in Sandton. [Interjections.] You should be very ashamed of yourself to actually come here and do that. [Interjections.] [Applause.]
In closing, I think the only thing that will keep the DA alive is to speak as long as possible about the president of the ANC Youth League. I think he will continue to disappoint you, because his role is not to build the DA. I think if your policies are based on that, you must be careful of what the ANCYL and the Young Communists League are doing - flushing out the DA! [Interjections.]
To conclude, to borrow from Don Mattera's lovely poem "Sea and sand". He writes: Sea and sand My love My land, God bless Africa
But more the South of Africa where we live ...
Bless the angry mountains And the smiling hills Where the cool water spills To heal the earth's brow
Bless the children of South Africa The white children And the black children But more the black children Who lost the sea and sand That they may not lose love For white children Whose fathers raped the land ...
... But when, Oh when will I see that day When love will walk the common way To heal my wounded people And break the shackles around their hearts?
[Applause.]