Chairperson, you know, it is always tempting to respond to what hon members say here. I just want to stick to what I came here for. We presented our budget speech to the House. The key features are policy proposals that are on the table, as well as the Bills that will sustain them. I wish I had heard someone - a member from the DA - commenting on that, but they said nothing. At least the hon member from the "Everything For Free" party said something. [Laughter.]
The Bill that we will bring to the House, the Regulation of Land Holdings Bill, will address the question of what we referred to in the resolutions of the ANC conference as "land ceilings". I had hoped that the hon members from the DA who represent the neoliberal right and the farmers who own the land, or the landed class in our country would follow what is there so that they do not jump when this Bill comes to the House and say that they had not known. This is a very important Bill for South Africans.
What the hon Schfer decided to talk is the 50/50. The 50/50 is part of a regime of transformative legislation and institutions. Hon members do not follow, perhaps because at the time that they prepared their speeches, they did not have the budget policy speech. Now that they do have it, I hope that they will actually focus on it so that they are not surprised.
The third point is that we, as South Africans, have to continuously persuade one another that it is worth our while to actually think about the people who have nothing. You see, you have here a very strange situation. You have young members of the DA who hardly understand what happened in South Africa representing the DA here, and they speak. [Interjections.] Both are young - the hon member Smit and the hon member Schfer are young hon members. Sometimes they do not understand what they are talking about and just how provocative they could be when they speak here. They don't understand.
You see, you have an hon member who comes and tells us that we need wisdom to handle this thing. You know, their forefathers needed no wisdom. Most of them were brutal and incompetent, but because they had the might of the law and the army, they ran roughshod over our people. They do not know that. The DA does this. It does not have policies; no alternative policies. They do not have it in terms of rural development and land reform. All they know is to come here - even in their House they do that - and criticise. They actually do not appreciate the fact that the ANC has been very tolerant.
Some hon members would say that we produced the Red Ants. They will say so. [Interjections.] They are right, because we did. Now, you can see that is literally a breakaway group from the ANC Youth League. They have become impatient. However, it does not make sense to the DA; it does not make sense. They do not understand. It is not clear. To conclude what the hon Deputy Minister said, John Langalibalele Dube said as he was addressing the commission on the Natives Land Act, Act 27 of 1913, in conclusion: "I am sorry if I cannot make that clear to you."
We don't seem to make ourselves clear to the DA and its followers. They don't understand that what they are doing is playing with fire. It is wrong. It is wrong. Thank you very much, Chair. [Time expired.] [Applause.]
Debate concluded.