Madam Deputy Speaker, it is important to begin by informing the hon members sitting to the left that it is nonsensical to seek to portray the history of an organisation of 98 years of age, a movement represented by people who led a noble struggle for the freedom of the people of our country, as represented by a young man who is not even 35 years old. That can never erase the history of our noble struggle and the contribution of our movement to the achievement of the freedom. [Applause.]
It is our struggle that has led to us having the opportunity to denigrate our movement in this House today, nothing else. The contribution came from this movement. Those who seek to extol this young man are clearly persons who are devoid of any vision, any ideal, any new notion, any idea of where our country must go. [Applause.] Their consistent attachment to this young man merely illustrates their inability to offer a new and fresh vision to South Africa. [Applause.]
Madam Deputy Speaker, the contributions of several of the hon members who have spoken here today have merely exhibited their inability to rise to the occasion and debate the key challenges of transforming our country.
For example, you would believe, if you listened to the hon leader of the DA, who is fortunate to be in this Joint Sitting because of the Constitution we adopted, allowing for the Houses to sit as they do ... [Applause.] Had you listened to that hon member carefully, you would believe that the DA, the party she leads, has not made any changes to officials in the Public Service in the province or the city. You would believe that if you listened to her. If you had listened to her very carefully and believed each word, you would believe that the health system run by the DA is so effective that there isn't a measles outbreak in this very province. [Interjections.]
You would believe, if you had listened to her very carefully, that in this very province we do not have a TB profile of such proportions that it is among the worst in this country. [Interjections.]
If you had listened to her with a notion to believe her, you would have believed that her condemnation of negative sexual conduct stretches equally to DA MECs, and does not become a private matter where they are affected. [Interjections.] [Applause.]
You would have believed, had you listened carefully, that doublespeak and doublethink do not include rejection of freedom songs but acceptance of De La Rey. [Applause.]
The assertions in this debate have gone even wilder. Hon member Mubu of the DA claims that the ANC wants to kill whites. I find this quite an incredible assertion. Hon members, shame on you for not standing up to protest that racist statement! There is no such intention. It is the leadership of this organisation that stood up and pushed our people back when Comrade Chris Hani was murdered. No other leaders! [Applause.]
Hon members, shame on you for something further: You allowed the hon De Lille to stand here, in a representative House of elected members, elected by the people exercising their democratic right in terms of our Constitution, and get away with saying that judges must run our country! Shocking! [Laughter.]