Chairperson, you know, the hon Coleman says, "as the ANC". Actually, listening to what she was saying, she should say, "as the SACP", because the ANC is not a communist party. It supports the free market, but she doesn't.
Madam Chair, I don't think it helps to trash the World Economic Forum. Google "World Economic Forum" and read what they are trying to do. They are deliberately trying to find out what makes a country less successful and more successful. And they give us good marks but they also point out our deficiencies. And when we look at the statistics report and see how many refrigerators, cellphones and televisions, South Africans have, and in increased numbers, the thing that breaks my heart is that there could be many more refrigerators, cellphones - well, I don't know about cellphones, at 90% - and televisions, were it not for the influence of the communists on ANC economic policy. [Interjections.]
I ask myself why we have not grown more in South Africa, why we haven't grown as fast as the Asian economies, and the only reason I can come back to is the influence of the left on our national policies. The members of the SACP are some of the most hardworking, interesting and best informed members of this Parliament. But they are like that valley of dry bones - dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones. [Laughter.] Their policies are old, dry bones in terms of the world economy, and that is my real concern with our economy. And when people go to Mangaung, do they know if they are ANC or SACP? [Laughter.]
You know, as far as the DA and the ID are concerned, the ID like to say they have dual membership. And the old DA, or DP, and the New NP had dual membership. But that was for a transitional purpose. The alliance between the SACP and the ANC is finished! When it came to power in 1994, the ANC had just published a book - two years before. The ANC had said: Ready to Govern! Ready to Govern! Now, I believe that if they had not been dragged down by the SACP they would have governed much better.
My challenge to the ANC is that they should get rid of dual membership. If you are going to be a member of the ANC, you must be a member of the ANC. You can't hide as a member of the SACP in the ANC. Not only that, but it will bring life into the dry bones because the SACP members can resign from the SACP and join the ANC. [Interjections.]