Hon President, during the social partners' meeting of 17 October that you referred to, you said, among other things, that you addressed the issue of violence that is associated with strikes in the mining sector.
On a few occasions you have called on strikers not to get involved in violence and you have repeated the constitutional right of workers to strike, but your call seems to be falling on deaf ears. Whenever strikes take place, as is happening right now in the Western Cape, there is violence that includes the destruction of property and loss of lives. Unfortunately, not much is heard from the President. The President seems to be quiet. There have again been calls ... [Interjections.] ... for the Western Cape ...