Thank you, hon Speaker, I want to state facts about the Bitou Municipality. The Bitou Municipality used to be led by a young, vibrant and very organic mayor called Dlamini until the DA became jealous and started campaigning to remove him. They started making allegations that the municipality has a qualified report until the Auditor-General demystified it.
Therefore, it is not surprising that today when they tried to remove a municipal manager of the ANC, it was found that there were irregularities. Therefore, the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Cogta, has actually assured us that he is going to investigate and establish more facts about this wasteful expenditure by the DA being jealous and campaigning against the ANC.
On the second statement on BEE quotes, history has proven that in this country our economy has grown on the basis of economic empowerment. The Afrikaners had done it. It is not new. But here it is an issue of who is leading. Therefore, because economic empowerment and affirmative action is implemented by the ANC-led government, it is seen as wrong by certain sections of our society.
I think South Africans must wake up and really unite to understand that for us to grow the economy, we need to work together to ensure that there is job creation, that we deal with inequality, and stop being jealous at the black-led government. I thank you. [Applause.]