House Chairperson, we will not stop talking about our history and how that history is manifested today in thought and practice. To truly free ourselves from the grip of neocolonialism, we need to focus on strengthening our Afrocentric arts and culture institution in this country.
We need to stop celebrating and honouring things that caused us so much pain. We need to remove apartheid statutes, with no apologies, particularly, here in Parliament, and take them to a dedicated apartheid museum as a reminder for our future generation under the theme: Never again.
We need to recognise the pain that die Stem caused to the majority
of our people and the symbolic meaning it still has to ... [Inaudible.] ... and that having die Stem still as part of our National Anthem, is offensive to the memories of al those who were killed by the racist government. Die Stem must fall with no apologies.
Linked to this factor is the need to strengthen the use of our languages as African people. There is no reason why today, 25 years