Adjunkspeaker, 'n jakkals verander van hare, maar natuurlik nie van snare nie. [Deputy Speaker, a leopard cannot change its spots.]
At its federal congress, the DA probably showed its true colours during the provincial leadership elections. Despite its claims of being true to the policy of "the best man for the job", or, put differently, "fit for purpose", in reality its practice demonstrates commitment to the precept of the best white man for the job. This is the level of hypocrisy that the DA subscribes to and hopes to continue to dupe the electorate into believing.
In fact, as we've seen more recently in the provincial cabinet of the Western Cape, 6 to 7 out of 11 members are white. But, more recently, the federal council of the DA in the Western Cape - four out of the top five in that executive - still portrays the old non-nonracial agenda.
Therefore we are telling other members and people of this country that we should not move back to the past but, in fact, we should move into the future in creating a nonracial, nonsexist and democratic society. [Applause.]