Mr Speaker, a very great event has taken place in India, where the entire nation has united and asked Parliament to respond to corruption.
We have to wage certain wars. Our highest priority is how we win in the fight against poverty. On the other hand, another front has opened, the enrichment of the elite, and when I say enrichment of the elite, I am not referring to whites. Are we spreading the wealth of South Africa to ordinary people? Are they getting the taste of freedom?
The GDP figures at the provincial and national levels are dismal. Economic upliftment, discipline and respect for the community must be our highest priorities.
The MF is asking the following searching questions: Is South Africa providing leadership for Africa? Is South Africa providing effective leadership in our country? Is there respect for multiparty democracy? Are we getting social cohesion? Or are a few individuals enriching themselves, with contracts going to new tenderpreneurs, well-connected all the time, while ordinary people - emerging black people - are asking certain searching questions about what is happening in South Africa?
The MF calls for deep soul-searching. The ANC is going to celebrate its 100- year anniversary. It is time to return to the values and systems that the great founding fathers, Oliver Tambo, iNkosi Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela, stood for. Thank you. [Applause.]