What we have agreed upon is that the rules of the game, everything we do, must be governed by the Constitution and the law, and we are going to stick to that, because South Africa is a constitutional democracy. We must obey the rule of law, and that is what we are going to do, going forward.
South Africa has wall-to-wall municipalities. We are going to ensure that the citizens of this country are able to benefit as we go forward. As Amilcar Cabral said: Let's claim no easy victories, let's tell no lies. And that is what we are going to do. We want you and us to work together. There must be no "us" and "them". I am calling on you to ensure that you become patriotic in the way you conduct business. Yes, I understand that when you are here, you must play to the gallery, so that your supporters out there can see that you are critical of the ruling party. That is a factor, but we are saying it is important for us to ensure that this country is turned around.
We are not naive. We know the enormity of the challenges out there. But we believe that together we will be able to address these problems. Everyone must put their shoulders to the wheel. I have a team here that I call the local government big family. This team involves the MECs at its core. It involves all other stakeholders, including Salga, that we have to work with. We believe that with these MECs we will be able to turn the governance system in this country around.
As I conclude, we want to ensure, in local government, that the situation of everyone from other spheres of government doing whatever they want to do, comes to an end. We want to have a single window for co-ordination, which will be done at the provincial level by the MECs and at the national level by the choir conductor. [Applause.] [Interjections.] That is what is going to happen. [Interjections.]
Now we are saying, as we conclude ... [Interjections.] ...