Parliament has requested that you find out about how to join the local community policing forums, school governing bodies, hospital management committees, and the ward committees where you live. Become an activist in one or more of these structures. In order for South Africa to be a people-centred and people-driven progressive developmental state, you, the people, must get involved.
Without the people's activism and involvement, this country would not have progressed from an oppressive apartheid system to a progressive democracy. Without the people's activism and involvement this country would never have hosted one of the most successful World Cups. However, it should not only be when there is a crisis or a national celebration that South Africa gets involved.
Involve yourselves in the day to day running of this country, crime prevention, health care issues, your child's education, in the area where you live and where your children play. You do not exist so that I can hold a political position. Without you, South Africa, a people-centred, people- driven progressive developmental state would not materialise.
The Constitution has numerous sections protecting your rights to govern. There are many laws that create structures enabling you to govern. The only thing left to do is for you, South Africa, to step up and live the ideology that the people shall govern, because working together we can do more. I thank you. [Applause.]