Hon Chairperson, hon Acting President, hon members and hon guests, the Fifa World Cup has arrived. We can touch it!
South Africa should be proud that both President Zuma and Deputy President Motlanthe were great footballers in their day. Of course, they can still dribble the opposition today! If my facts are correct, the hon President captained the Rangers Football Club and the hon Deputy President played for the Komesho football team. [Interjections.]
Amagama ayafana, ungacabanga ukuthi yinkomo, hhayi inkomo kodwa Inkomesho. [Uhleko.] [Words sound the same; you might think that he is referring to inkomo [cow], when he is in fact referring to Komesho. [Laughter.]]
Both teams were affiliates of the Makana Football Association. The association was founded by the Robben Island political prisoners in June 1969. All credit goes to Fifa for granting honorary membership to the Makana Football Association. We want to urge the SA Football Association, Safa, to follow suit and pronounce itself on the Makana Football Association. Nobody knows where Safa stands in relation to the Makana Football Association. We also urge the Minister of Arts and Culture to make sure that a section of Robben Island is used to preserve the glorious legacy of the Makana Football Association.
The nation has been warned of possible xenophobic flare-ups after the World Cup. This is not xenophobia; it is Afro-phobia because only Africans, foreign and local, are victims of this violent self-hatred.