In 2009, more than 19 million South Africans cast their votes on 22 April, confirming that they are devoted to being part of that agreement. They voted in their large numbers for the eight things that were agreed on in the 2007 ANC conference in Polokwane. The eight things I am talking about are the pillars of the ANC's election manifesto: better jobs, comfortable life, improvement of education, improvement of health, rural development, transformation of the rural life and economy, land reform and the fight against crime and corruption.]