Hon Geyer remarked on Jimmy Manyi. The problem here is that the statement is made opportunistically. It is used to perpetuate the race issue, particularly in the Western Cape. They use it because they want to catch votes. They hope to benefit from pushing people away from the ANC. This should be exposed as such because it's the reason they continue to raise that issue. They hope that it will continue to feed in so that the DA can gain some votes at the end of the day. It should be stopped.
Hon members, history in this country is important and we are part of it. We've been there; we experienced some of the things that happened in the past. The Eastern Cape, for instance, was targeted for underdevelopment and was only used as labour reserves for Johannesburg, the Western Cape and elsewhere in the country.
I was here in the seventies and eighties. I used to come here to the Western Cape in fear because I did not have a dompas. The one I had was from a homeland, and I knew if I was caught by the people who were policing the township at that time I would be given section 10. It would be stamped red, meaning "don't ever come back here again". Therefore the debate about people coming to the Western Cape and the issues that are being raised about being compensated and about people coming here who don't belong here really are an insult to us. It is an insult to us because in this province there are many other racists who came to settle here.
I must conclude by saying this is not an easy issue. It is nothing to laugh about because it pains us a great deal every time you raise it. It pains us a great deal. Thank you very much. [Applause.]