Thank you. Hon members must listen carefully when I use the word "allegedly".
These security guards had wives and children, who are excluded from your rants and raves of sympathy, because they were not Amcu members, but were allegedly victims of its violence. No union should refer to itself as revolutionary if it instructs that workers' lives should be taken with ease. In addition, any political party that associates itself with such a union and financially supports it should hang its head in shame. [Applause.] Ten people died, including policemen, security guards and NUM members before August 16.
The Fourth Parliament observed a moment of silence and held a debate dedicated to that tragic Thursday afternoon of 16 August 2012. Today, I would like us to observe a moment of silence for the following workers, who were allegedly killed by other workers: Andile Menzi, a young person, a 24- year-old member of the NUM, who died in May 2013; Julius Langa, who died on 13 August 2013; and Sello Lepaaku, a member of the SA Police Service, who died on 13 August 2013.
These are not just names or numbers or statistics. These are human beings, part of the group of 28 workers who had died since the strike in Lonmin and Marikana began, and whose names are never mentioned, whose wives and children deserve neither your sympathy nor your solidarity, just because they are not Amcu members, but they were allegedly massacred individually, as per the testimony, by other unions, by other union members.
May their souls rest in peace. More importantly, however, if August 16 was a massacre, this Parliament will make those who are responsible - whether they are the police or not - account, and we hope that no political party will jump to conclusions. Thank you. [Applause.]