Speaker, two years ago President Zuma made an appeal to all political parties in this House to join him in celebrating our national holidays in a truly nonpolitical and inclusive manner. The ID supports this call, as we firmly believe that our history is a shared one and the commitments that we made to a new democratic dispensation in 1994 were made by most, if not all, South Africans. It is important that our national holidays are used to bring us together instead of dividing us.
The ID is thus shocked at the treatment given to the Acting Premier of the Western Cape, Patricia de Lille, at a government event yesterday to celebrate Human Rights Day. [Interjections.]