Hon Chairperson, I think that the hon Gaum has lived up to the popular perception of politicians being fairly slippery. His attempt to present himself as a champion of tiny, minority parties as an excuse to find some righteousness in shooting down this Bill is very unconvincing.
It was quite clear from the beginning that the ANC wanted nothing to do with this Bill. They also recognised that the public, and fairness in the political system, demanded that they actually agree with the Bill.
So what did they do? They found some weak excuses, and suddenly they found the FF Plus, Azapo and the PAC so important that they used them as an excuse to oppose this Bill, but in fact ...