Our country has a vision. We have set ourselves high goals because we believe in the resilience of our people who, even in the most difficult and testing period in our life as a nation, never chose failure as an option. The determination that resulted in our freedom and democracy that we all enjoy today is the same determination required to move our country forward.
As the ANC, in honour of our Seaparankwe-Isithwalandwe, we call all and sundry in this House, including the hon members of the EFF, to support Budget Vote No 13, because we firmly believe that Statistics SA can indeed contribute to the building of a capable and developmental state ... [Interjections.]