The DA knows that it is possible to accelerate GDP growth from the current anaemic 2% to the 6% plus growth experienced by our competitor economies. [Interjections.] With true leadership and with a few key interventions, we can put South Africa on a much higher growth path and begin to create large numbers of new jobs.
With higher growth, we will significantly reduce unemployment, poverty and income inequality, which concerns us all. We will have more money to invest in basic services, to protect vulnerable South Africans, and to truly realise an open-opportunity society for all.
It doesn't need to take another 20 years for this to happen. South Africa can be the next breakthrough economy. The DA believes that emphatically and we have a solid, costed plan to do this. The question is, Minister and colleagues opposite, do you? Thank you. [Applause.]