Thank you. Let me quote:
To facilitate inter- and intrasettlement integration; to enable urban restructuring and renewal; to design and deliver products that offer tenure diversification - rental, rent to own, mortgage homes and BNG homes etc; to improve settlement design; to implement mechanisms that will assist with the eradication of poverty; to facilitate the greater responsiveness to livelihood strategies; and to ensure active participation of all spheres of government to achieve a common goal.
Those were the objectives. I must tell you that as things unfold, these objectives are on track, save to say that the city is a stumbling block. The city is not assisting in this project. What is more important is that the ANC supports the dispute that has been declared by the Minmec against Mayor Zille.
We are following the prescripts of our Constitution and of our Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act. That is what we are doing. We are saying to Mayor Zille: Deliver to your people and that is what you must focus on. As the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Local Government, I am saying that I am watching the city with hawk-eyes. What I want to do is to get all reports around the forensic audit, which is my constitutional right as chairperson.
I am saying that if you continue to conduct a forensic audit on the N2 Gateway, that might be a fruitless expenditure. The Auditor-General, who is the highest authority in this country in terms of auditing the finances of government, is doing that on the purview of the Minister and through the initiative of the Minister. If you do any other thing, we will hold you accountable for that because there is a lot of laws that govern this country in that respect.
I want to conclude by requesting Mayor Zille to follow the Constitution, and not only the Constitution but also the laws of this country. The DA believes that it is an organisation that believes in a constitutional state. If you do so, you must act accordingly. You must not say that you are somebody and then you don't act accordingly. Whatever you preach, you must practice. That is what we are requesting from you from this platform.
The N2 Gateway project is going to go ahead - with or without you. Our people are going to get quality service delivery. They will be better off than staying in the shacks and in those informal settlements that you see. They will be there in those flats and walk-ups. That is what we want to see with our people. Their dignity must be restored and therefore that's what we will preach as a movement, the people's movement and the glorious movement. Thank you very much. [Applause.]