Dit is iets wat deur die stelsel en onmenslike eienaars van hulle geroof is. Die DA het doelbewus hierdie inheemse mense met geld en ander ondersteuning gesnoep. In plaas daarvan om 'n eiesoortige fees te ondersteun en uit te bou, wil die DA 'n volksvreemde fees invoer.
Daar moet gekyk word na Robbeneiland. Wanneer dit die DA in 'n verkiesing pas, wil hulle oud-President Mandela se nalatenskap eer. Dit was die DA wat tot 'n groot mate die vestiging van hierdie Wrelderfenisgebied bevraagteken het. Talle van hulle was nog nooit op Robbeneiland om te gaan kyk wat ons ikoon, oud-President Mandela, moes deurmaak om die vader van ons vryheid en demokrasie te wees nie.
Nou kla dieselfde DA steen en been oor die heen en weer van die bote na die eiland en wil hulle die ANC vir alles blameer, maar die toeriste se geld is welkom in Kaapstad! Inteendeel, die DA maak groot gewag van die toeriste se belange en hul geld in die Wes-Kaapse ekonomie.
Wat doen die DA daaraan? Nie veel nie. Die DA ry hoofsaaklik op die nasionale regering se rug, maar om elke hoek en draai wil die party die nasionale regering verkwalik vir alles wat nie reg is nie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr F ADAMS: This is something which they were robbed of by the system and by inhumane owners. The DA has deliberately deprived these indigenous people of money and other forms of support. Instead of supporting and expanding a unique festival, the DA wants to import an alien festival.
Robben Island should be given consideration. When it suits the DA during an election, they want to honour the legacy of former President Mandela. It was the DA who to a large extent questioned the establishment of this World Heritage Site. Many of them have never been to Robben Island to see what our icon, former President Mandela, had to endure to become the father of our freedom and democracy.
Now the selfsame DA is complaining bitterly about the boats going to and from the island, and wants to blame the ANC for everything, but the money spent by tourists is welcome in Cape Town! On the contrary, the DA refers constantly to the interests of tourists and their money in the Western Cape's economy.
What does the DA do about this? Not much. The DA mainly rides on the back of the national government, but at every turn they want to lay the blame for everything that has gone wrong on the national government.]
This ANC-led government will continue to deliver. The ANC supports this Budget Vote. I thank you.