Comrade hon Manamela. [Laughter.] He is a member of the SACP and a member of the central committee and the national secretary of the Young Communist League, as well as a member of the ANC, who is in good standing. That is why he is here. [Interjections.]
He did not cross the line. He has been a member of the ANC; he is still with the ANC, and he will die being a member of the ANC. [Applause.] So, Cope must go to its conference instead of telling the SACP to contest elections. Start by going to the conference first and forget about the court. Go to the conference for you to elect your own leaders. [Applause.]
The FF Plus is saying that the ANC has come to its right mind, but he is hardly in the portfolio committee in the first place and, secondly, the ANC argues by putting facts on the table and if you can't argue with the ANC, don't blame the ANC for your not understanding how to argue.
We were not expecting the DA to support this Bill. They are always talking about Regulatory Impact Assessment, RIA, and we told them in the committee that they should do their own RIA because government had done an RIA before this Bill was presented to us. They should go and do theirs! They can't, and they come here and tell us that they wanted an RIA, but it was rejected. [Applause.] What we must all be mindful of is what these amendments are and why they are here today. [Interjections.] Forget about time, DA.
Concerning the area that speaks to workers' rights - the Ready to Govern document of 1992 - workers have fought long and hard for their right to set up independent trade unions their right to engage in collective bargaining and their right to strike. The ANC, without the DA, supports this Bill. [Time expired.] [Applause.]