Chairperson, the hon Trollip said, "If you are honest, there are no new farmers." He implied that I might not be honest. He was saying it here. None of the members in this House, even this side, rose to ask whether he is implying that the Minister might not be honest. I am saying, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
A few days ago the hon Trollip sent me an sms about Mr Dickson in Bedford. We have extended that, hon Trollip, by a month. Thank you very much.
Lastly, regarding the farmers who are feeding South Africa, who have now come down to 58 000, hon Madisha and hon Trollip are making government of the ANC out as being responsible. No, it is the workings of capital. That is what is happening. There is accumulation into fewer and fewer hands. There are policies that we are bringing about, and that is why there is this fracas in the House. It is because we are dealing with land and we are hitting a nerve.
We are going to change this skewed relations with regard to ownership of land in the country. [Applause.] That is what we are going to do and we are not ashamed about it. The policy conference of the ANC agreed to this, the Mangaung conference has given us a very clear instruction to go and change the skewed land ownership patterns in South Africa, so that we can have black people taking control of the economy of the country. That is why this debate is as hot as it is today. It is dealing with land, the most emotive thing.
Die agb Groenewald was reg. Hy was reg. Hy het ges dat ons nou ... [The hon Groenewald was correct. He was correct. He said that we are now ...]
We are just whipping up emotions now ... soos Zimbabwe. Ja. [... like Zimbabwe. Yes.]
President Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. Here, we have President Zuma, but he says we are like him. He says we are like Zimbabwe. That is praise and an honour, by the way. [Applause.] What did you expect? Would you have been happier if he had said we were like the British colonialists who killed South Africans to take our land? Would that have been an honour? [Interjections.] Mugabe is reversing what the British did to the people of Zimbabwe. It is an honour. [Applause.]
The office of the Valuer-General, hon Sizani, has gone through the Cabinet system and that Bill is now going to come to this House. We will debate the matter here. Thank you very much. [Interjections.]
With regard to the question, which is the last point here, that the ANC government uses land as a motive for election, of course, the ANC is elected. No government is not elected. The ANC is elected. The ANC will go to the hustings with its policies and ask South Africans whether they like it. They will say that they like it. We govern.
You keep harping upon the fact that 90% of the land has failed. That was 2009. We said 90% had failed and that is why we now have a recapitalisation development programme. It was in 2009. I am standing here and I am saying 1 296 farms have now been recapitalised. I also said by the end of December 2012 those farms had a net income of R126 million. So, what are you saying? Why do you keep on harping on something that is dead? It is because you think you can capitalise on that to win votes. It is not going to work. [Interjections.]
Thank you very much for giving us the honour to present this budget policy speech here. We hope that the House will support us. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.