Mr Speaker, in their haste to race to the election polls next year, the DA has taken to rewriting their history. In their desperation to claim legitimate struggle credentials, the DA has presented a glowing, selective and highly dishonest account of the DA story.
They have conveniently forgotten to highlight the following: The DA's previous formations or mergers, such as the laughable one with the New National Party; its various name changes; the contributions of previous leaders such as Tony Leon and his "fight back" campaign or his support for the death penalty as a campaign message; underspending on infrastructure and grants to needy learners; the fact that DA party leadership across structures largely consists of white males; their attempt to close schools in the Western Cape that caters mainly for poor coloured and African communities; caring more about white farmers rather than the human rights violations perpetuated by these farmers against their farm workers. [Interjections.]