Hon Speaker, firstly I have not heard my Ministers conflicting on these issues. [Interjections.] I have not heard them. They have been going to address the issues as they pertain to their very specific portfolios. [Interjections.] They have been there ever since we had the strikes. [Interjections.]
One of the interesting things is the definition of leadership of this country. I don't know what we have in this Parliament and whether these are not leaders of their own parties. [Applause.] The pertinent question is what do they do in this House to give leadership to this country as representatives of the people and the public? [Applause.]
Why, then, should the question be selective? Is this not the leadership? Are you not a leader, hon member? [Laughter.] [Applause.] Now, I don't want to politic, because I can say that other leaders stand here to make the biggest noise and say nothing. Absolutely nothing! That's not leadership. [Interjections.] That's not leadership. If I had time I would have quoted Shakespeare with regard to what he says about such people. [Applause.] [Laughter.]
This claim that there is no leadership in this country is totally out of order. [Interjections.] There is a leadership in this country ... [Interjections.] ... which you can divide into many categories. In political parties ... unless you say there's no leadership in the political parties. [Interjections.] There's a leadership in government. [Interjections.] There's a leadership in society. That is why, when Marikana happened ... [Interjections] ... the leadership immediately moved in - the church, traditional leaders ... [Interjections.] ... the government. The question would be, what was the effort of the other political parties to give leadership? [Interjections.]