Mr President, Mr Deputy President, I think the hon Manuel has it right: the ANC has a problem. It is a majority problem. We have too many people that support the ANC and too many people in this House - so we have a majority problem.
We don't have the problem of the UK. Do you know that in 80 years in the UK - the country loved so much by the DA - no party has won by more than 50% of the vote? We have won 66%, so we have a problem. [Laughter.] [Applause.]
This is a problem we are now quite used to and we are going to manage it. Last Monday, I was invited by the Black Management Forum at the University of Cape Town to have a debate, and they gave me a very nice present today with my name on it. I have declared it. I am declaring it now. [Interjections.] [Laughter.]
This debate was about the economic situation in South Africa and our policies. My opponent was a young MP from the DA. I will not mention her name because she is a nice lady and she spoke very well. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to engage on ideology and politics. What she did was to give me a lecture about DA values, and the values that she articulated were twofold: The first value was the role of the individual in society, a great emphasis on the individual; and the second value was the free market and how it will solve problems in our country.
I want to deal with those two. Let me deal with the role of the individual in society, as understood by the DA and my young friend from the DA. She said that the DA stands for open opportunity for all, that success is up to the individual and that people should be allowed to do things for themselves. Those are the three cardinal values about the individual.
Those people who read books and understand things will know that these values come from the classical liberal tradition, which is an important tradition from which the ANC has borrowed quite a lot. Her problem, however, is that the individual in our society is not a self-contained entity. We are all social beings. We live in society, and so when you articulate the open opportunity for individuals in society, please remember that the individual lives in society and is part of it.
Let me give you some examples. [Interjections.]