House Chair, I think as South Africans we must really look at the situation of local government as an opportunity to unite the nation, reconcile and work together so that we don't spend time working against something. We must spend all our time working for something so that we can rally around ensuring that local government is dealt with in a particular way. Therefore, hon Meshoe, we must agree that even you must condemn violence as a form of protest. This is something that is not acceptable, no matter how legitimate the demands may be. The issue of violence must be condemned completely.
On the issue of service delivery, we are the first to say that we have delivered a lot in this country, but that we have not actually achieved what we want to achieve. We believe that together we will be able to ensure that we do more when we go forward on the issues of service delivery. Therefore, in that respect, we think we must be governed by certain values and norms - have a value system as a nation - so that regardless of whether a municipality is under the DA, the ANC or the IFP or possibly even under Cope, we agree that these values govern all of us irrespective of the party in power at a given time in those areas. Thank you very much, Chair. [Applause.]