Hon Chairperson, hon Minister, hon Deputy Ministers here present, hon members, and most importantly, the South African people, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge my fiance, my sister and my friends who are here in the gallery with us today. [Interjections.] [Applause.] I feel very privileged to be standing here delivering a speech about workers during Labour Month 2013. I say a speech about workers, because all politics is about service delivery, and all service delivery is about the people - and workers are the people.
The motto of the South African Parliament is "We, the People". We, the people, will no longer stand idly by when circumstances arise where humanity is driven to take to the streets in violent protest against their employer. We, the people; we, as society, must take responsibility for this situation.