Speaker, I trust that we all agree that poverty doesn't know colour. Cope cannot agree with the notion that BEE has impoverished white people. The fact is that millions of black people - those who are not politically connected to the ANC's patronage network - have been marginalised and remain impoverished. [Interjections.] The better life in this country, Mr President, remains to benefit ANC leaders. [Interjections.]
Mr President, the R25 billion that was meant for services but was stolen, has been stolen by the people of the ANC - the ANC leadership - who keep on impoverishing our people because they steal from the poor - from the public purse. The R260 million to build Nkandla also amounts to stealing. This means that black economic empowerment benefits only those who are sitting in those benches. [Interjections.]