Chair, I was making a point about proudly South African products and that we do not support what we produce. We are not proud of what we have. Some of what I have seen is that there is tea in Limpopo and Mthatha but you don't see it anywhere. This institution itself serves close to 600 cups of tea per day. If we were buying from those people, we would be keeping a lot of people employed. We also have silk in the North West province, but we go to Asia to get proper silk. There is silk just around the corner. As you would have seen in a Sunday newspaper, it was in Magoba's farm where Minister Nkwinti was trying to make interventions.
On our national airline carrier, SAA, try to ask for rooibos tea the next time you fly back home. It is an effort: they have to go to some corner, somewhere at the back, yet on their trolley they have a product from Sri Lanka. Some of these are things that can change immediately. The entertainment that we have on board SAA flights comes from Canada, whereas our country has so many good artists. Those are some of the things we can change quickly. [Applause.]
In conclusion, Nelson Mandela's last words to a joint sitting of Parliament on 10 May 2004 were the following:
Our democracy must bring its material fruits to all, particularly the poor, marginalised and vulnerable. Our belief in the common good ultimately translates into deep concern for those who suffer want and deprivation of any kind.
Hon members, it is up to us here to make sure that we change the status quo of our people. We can do so if we want to. The DFIs are travelling; I made sure that I travelled with them. I started with them - the Khulas, IDCs, all of them - in Soweto because at times our people do not even have the money to go to the offices to make applications. So, if government belongs to the people, we must take it to the people.
On Thursday and Friday, for those of you who can ... [Interjections.] ... the DFIs will be in Hammanskraal. Thank you. [Applause.]