That just shows you, Speaker, how much this doublethink contradiction is lost on the ANC, because we have just seen the hon Chief Whip, Mr Motshekga, assuring the voters of their oversight, their concern to end corruption, but then the party continues to protect Malema. How do you explain that? They call on the icon Nelson Mandela, but what did President Mandela do when Peter Mokaba sang "Kill the farmer, kill the boer"? President Mandela rebuked him, and told him it was against the project of nation-building, so stop calling on the icon Nelson Mandela and then abusing his memory and protecting Malema. [Applause.]
You see, this kind of contradiction is the inevitable outcome of the doublethink of the national democratic revolution. It inevitably leads to cronyism, to corruption and to the criminal state. It is a party professing to advance people's rights even as it erodes them - and the Chief Whip says that the ANC is a party against corruption! That is doublethink to end all doublethink, because we see it as a party promoting and covering up corruption at all times. [Interjections.] And this is the great tragedy of the new South Africa that we need to focus on on Human Rights Day: this contradiction, this doublethink, of the ANC.
The best metaphor for South Africa today is George Orwell's famous allegory, Animal Farm, which describes how a noble struggle is perverted, how it becomes a reflection of the very oppression it sought to change.
The hon Chief Whip talks about understanding and tolerance for other groups from this platform. When is he going to stand up and condemn, with his President, the song "Kill the farmer, kill the boer"? When is he going to stop that kind of contradiction?
There is still time to prevent a tragedy in South Africa. Let us be honest with ourselves and stop doublethink and doublespeak this Human Rights Day. The values of the open-opportunity society that were victorious in our Constitution are more vulnerable today than at any time in the past 16 years. That is partly because people won't vote against the ANC, but we will teach them. They are learning their rights, and more and more are, which is why the DA is becoming a party of government and not just a party of opposition. [Interjections.] [Applause.]
Let us hold up a mirror, acknowledge our mistakes, learn from them and change course. That is the key to progress. Let us all, including the governing party, turn that key today. Thank you very much. [Applause.]