Hon Speaker, I think it is necessary just to follow up a little bit more on what my colleague the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation said in response to the hon Ngonyama. Hon Ngonyama, I want to say that I am disappointed in you. But that would imply I had some expectations of you. So, I can't even say that I am disappointed. [Laughter.]
What have you chosen to do? First of all, the hon Jacobus stood up and read an ANC statement on the Libyan situation, and I quote some of the things she said:
We - that is the ANC - strongly condemn the excessive use of force against peaceful protesters and call upon the Libyan authorities to end all acts of violence. We support the UN Security Council resolution ...
You then stand up and choose to quote the BBC quoting the Libyan government authorities on some spurious story about what the President said on a telephone call. The Deputy Minister has already clarified the matter. Yes, indeed President Zuma received a call. He did not initiate a call from Col Gaddafi ... [Interjections.]
He wanted to explain his side of the story.
The Deputy Minister very clearly said that we condemn the violence and that the violence must end. He also said that we as South Africa and the South African government support the UN Security Council resolution. I think it's very important to say that. It is very important as South Africans - all of us, regardless of our party political positions - not to fall into the game of forces outside of our country, whose interests are not in African lives and in African development, but oil wells. They are trying to cover up their complicity in supporting the regime in Libya. Let us not fall into that trap. [Interjections.] [Applause.]