No. I call upon the Minister to start a programme that includes tourism and economic opportunities in South Africa in all the foreign embassies of South Africa, so they should have first-hand knowledge to promote our country. Our future economic success lies with the Southern African Development Community, SADC. Together, we can grow into the financial hub of Africa, although at the moment we are the partner with the smallest growth rate. Article 4(c) and 6(1) of the SADC Treaty provide that SADC and its member states shall act in accordance with the principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Instead, Judge A G Pillay, the Chair of the United Nations Committee on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights and former president of the SADC Tribunal, had the following to say, and I quote:
President Zuma and other SADC leaders effectively killed off the SADC Tribunal at Mugabe's behest. Their decision has left citizens with no recourse to justice when they are abused by their own governments; also corporations are left unprotected.
The tribunal cases in which Zimbabwe and others were found guilty are still hanging in the air, in silence. Instead of enforcing human rights and the rule of law, we give them a loan. Eighty percent of applications before the Tribunal concern cases of individuals against states; that shows that leaders do not care for human rights or the rule of law. That is the exact opposite vision of the DA. We care, not for certain people, we care for everybody. [Applause.] [Interjections.]
What is the message that we are sending out to the rest of the world, and to investors who want to invest? South Africa is a major transshipment point for drugs on the continent and has the second highest number of narcotics addicts in Africa. The Minister must introduce to the SADC a regional mechanism for Southern Africa to curb the illegal transit of drugs, such as Kofi Annan's West African Commission on Drugs.
Dear fellow South Africans, wake up and smell wealth coming to Africa. The world needs oil and food. Africa has 60% of the unused agricultural land of the world. When you look at the latest oil and gas deposit map, you will see the future oil kingdom, from Eritrea down to Mozambique and Namibia. The question is: What are we going to do to be part of it? If you snooze, you lose.
I would like to conclude with the words of Anne Frank, and I quote:
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Our moment has arrived. Thank you very much. [Applause.]