Chairperson, the Department of Arts and Culture has to respond to Outcome 12, which speaks to an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship. That is exactly why arts and culture drives nation-building and social cohesion.
Dit is noodsaaklik dat ons vanaand presies weet wat hierdie twee begrippe behels en wat dit nie behels nie. Ek wil dit aan die hand van twee voorbeelde illustreer. Oud-president Nelson Mandela het in sy aktiewe openbare lewe daarin geslaag om mense te laat voel hoe dit is om aan mekaar verbind te wees; om nasietrots te ervaar. Reeds vr 1964 het hy in die Rivonia-verhoor sosiale kohesie se wesenstrek as volg beskryf:
I have fought white domination and I have fought black domination. I have cherished the idea of a free society in which all persons live together in harmony.
Mnr Mandela het inderdaad harmonie tot stand gebring deur die wyse waarop hy onskynlik onversoenbares saamgevoeg het. Wie sal ooit die nr 6- rugbytrui tydens die 1995 Wreldbeker-rugbytoernooi vergeet? (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[It is essential that this evening we know exactly what these two concepts entail and what they do not entail. I want to illustrate this by means of two examples. Former president Nelson Mandela has, in his active public life, succeeded in making people feel connected; to experience national pride. Already before 1964 in the Rivonia Trial he described the essential feature of social cohesion as follows:
I have fought white domination and I have fought black domination. I have cherished the idea of a free society in which all persons live together in harmony.
Mr Mandela indeed brought about harmony by the way he united seemingly irreconcilables. Who will ever forget the number 6 rugby jersey during the 1995 Rugby World Cup?]
Hon Sunduza, I would like to say this: I think - no, I know - that some of the comments in your speech tonight fall into the next category. Listen to this.
In skerp teenstelling hiermee, egter, is die uitspraak van Minister Lulu Xingwana dat alle Calvinistiese, wit, Afrikaanse mans dink hulle besit hul vrouens en kan met hulle maak wat hulle wil. [Tussenwerpsels.] Minister, hoekom het u nooit hierdie laakbare opmerking van 'n kollega van u verwerp met die minagting wat dit verdien nie? Dt, Minister en die agb Sunduza, dra by tot nasieverdeling, nie tot nasiebou nie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[In sharp contrast to this, however, is the pronouncement by Minister Lulu Xingwana that all Calvinistic, white, Afrikaner men think they own their wives and can do as they wish. [Interjections.] Minister, why did you not reject this reprehensible pronouncement of a colleague with the contempt it deserves? This, Minister, and the hon Sunduza, contributes to dividing the nation and not to nation-building.]
Hon Sunduza, some of your comments do not build. They divide.
Die bevordering van veeltaligheid is nog 'n prioriteit van die departement.