Hon Speaker, what I have just said is researched thoroughly and scientifically. I don't think you could produce any other evidence, other than what I have just said about the economic status of the citizens of this country, particularly if you take into account the history of racial discrimination in this country.
The reality is that the majority of the black people still suffer as they did many years ago. There are pockets of the white minority whose situations qualify them to being regarded as poor whites. I have been to where they live. I did not look away. I immediately connected the departments that began to work towards correcting their situation.
Therefore, there is no way you can say that, in 20 years - which will unfortunately never happen - we will have to correct the mess of the ANC. We are correcting the mess. We are actually trying to change the quality of the lives of all South Africans, which includes the whites.
It does not remove the fact that we had racial policies that really impoverished black people. If you look at the informal settlements today, you will find that the reason why there are so many and why they grow is because of the apartheid laws. Black people were not allowed to go to the cities and therefore the infrastructure that was built was built for a minority. It was not built to carry the citizens of this country who must come to the cities where there are possibilities and opportunities. [Applause.]
When the apartheid laws were abolished, people came to the cities. The space was not enough, because it was only meant for whites and not for those who work for them. That is the problem we are dealing with.
You can't say that is not scientific. It is a fact that, if you come to Cape Town from the airport, you travel a long distance and see shacks where people live in. That is a reality. When you enter Cape Town and go to Rondebosch, it is another world. It is not a creation of this government; it is a creation of an oppressive government which we are correcting.
You can't boldly say that it is not true - you must be very bold to say so. We are dealing with a legacy that really impoverished and almost enslaved people. The fact that we have 1,9 million people who earn nothing, is because of how the economy was structured from the beginning. Those are the issues we are dealing with. I think we should accept that. I don't think we should just defend it for the sake of it. There is a reality in this country that the majority were deprived of education, and were told that they could not study mathematics because it could not be used anywhere. That is what Dr Verwoerd said. Why should they get education? That is why we have a problem with education today. We don't want to label these matters but, should questions come, we might actually sit down and give details of the mess caused which today is normally taken as the failure of this ANC-led government. It is not. So, I am just saying let us state the facts as they are. Thank you. [Applause.]