Hon Chairperson, the hon Minister of Arts and Culture has one of the most difficult tasks in South Africa. One of his responsibilities is to enhance and foster nation-building and social cohesion. The hon Van den Berg was right when he referred to nation- building and social cohesion as two of the most important things that we need to achieve in South Africa. The question is whether we are succeeding in that. I am sorry to say that we are not succeeding. The hon Sunduza asks why.
Die agb Adjunkminister het ook daarna verwys. Die datum 27 April is die herdenking van die nuwe bedeling, as ek dit so mag stel. Die Rapport, wat die grootste Afrikaanse Sondagkoerant is, het op 28 April 'n elektroniese meningspeiling gehad, waarin mense kon s hoe hulle hul Saterdag, 27 April deurgebring het. Vyftig per sent het ges dat hulle niks besonders gedoen het nie. Vir hulle was dit maar net 'n gewone Saterdag. Een per sent, of 43 mense, het ges ... (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[The hon Deputy Minister also referred to it. 27 April is the date on which the new dispensation is commemorated, if I may put it in that manner. Rapport, the biggest Afrikaans Sunday newspaper, published an electronic opinion poll on 28 April, in which people could express how they spent Saturday, 27 April. Fifty percent said that they did not do anything specific. For them it was just an ordinary Saturday. One percent, or 43 people, said ...]
... I attended some of the festivities. Two per cent, or 99 people, said, I stayed at home and thought about our history. Forty-eight per cent said that as far as they were concerned, we can abolish this day. Now, it's not that I like this, but I'm just putting that reality on the table. This is how people are experiencing it out there. The question is, why are we not succeeding?
I would like to start off by saying that it's not that difficult to know why we are not succeeding. You only had to listen to the speech by the hon chairperson of this portfolio committee today to know why we are not succeeding. The hon chairperson is the chairperson but, with all due respect, she is also still a rather junior member of this House. What you often find is that some of the older people, who really were in the struggle, are more mature and understanding, but sometimes members of the younger generation want to create the impression that they were fighting absolutely in the front trenches - which is not true. [Interjections.] I listened to what the chairperson said today.
Sy het op 'n neerhalende manier na die Anglo-Boereoorlog verwys en sommer net so 'n streep daardeur getrek. [She referred to the Anglo-Boer War in a derogatory manner and simply drew a line right through it.]
Hon Sunduza has absolutely no idea what kind of emotions she is talking about - none whatsoever! Tread carefully!
Sy het verwys na die standbeeld van Generaal Louis Botha wat hier voor die Parlement staan - hy was 'n eerste minister van Suid-Afrika. Sy het minderwaardig daarna verwys as ...
[She referred to the statue of General Louis Botha, which you will find here in front of Parliament - he was a prime minister of South Africa. She referred to it in a derogatory manner as ...]
... "that horse".
Sy is baie gou om te verwys na "dignity". [She is very quick to refer to dignity.] We should respect the dignity of all the communities of this country. All of them! Each and every one of them! She did not do that today.
Die Minister weet dat ons verlede jaar die beraad oor sosiale kohesie gehad het. Die probleem is dat hy nie sal slaag nie. Ek weet hy probeer baie hard om almal te kry om deel te word daarvan, maar hy sal nie slaag nie, want die resep is verkeerd.
[The Minister knows that we held a conference last year on social cohesion. The problem is that he won't succeed. I know he tries very hard to make everyone part of it, but he won't succeed, because the recipe is wrong.]
On that day, the hon Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma replied on behalf of the government ... It's a pity that my time has expired, but you know what I am saying. [Time expired.]