Hon Speaker, the people's tribune has been convened this morning to discuss a matter of national importance - a matter that has, in recent times, assumed strategic significance in almost all countries across the globe. This is the issue of protecting our strategic assets. Guarding and protecting our strategic assets today means securing and investing in the future for generations to come. It is our responsibility to do so. We will do so. The ANC will continue to do that. [Applause.]
It is important that we make the point that, on 30 May this year, we announced in Parliament that we are reviewing this Act. We have done that. We put a committee in place. The committee has come back to report that the work is ongoing. At the end of November, we are going to come up with the reviewed policy on this matter.
What did the DA do? Opportunistically, they jumped to the fore. They say that they are preparing a private member's Bill. Good try, but the process is continuing. We will ensure that a process continues that will, at the end of the day, be moulded by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. We will do our job.
National security is subjected to the authority of both Parliament and the national executive and must reflect the resolve of South Africans, as individuals and as a collective, to live as equals, to live in peace and harmony, to be free from fear and want, and to seek a better life. [Applause.] [Interjections.]
These shrill voices outside there ...