This Budget Vote for 2013 is centred on the theme of "Unity in action towards social economic freedom". In pursuing unity in action, we will focus on fighting poverty and unemployment, with household food security as our primary success indicator. As we table this budget of R6,1 billion, we are reminded that we stood before this esteemed House on 1 May 2012 to account for our work over the previous year and to table our performance commitments for the year ahead.