to the people of South Africa, from the platform that you now occupy. It was O R Tambo who warned us: "Beware of the wedge driver. Watch his poisonous snake." [Applause.]
These stories that are spread about people doing that and that are so dangerous. Nelson Mandela had to deal with this issue when he became President of the ANC and he said: I keep getting all these reports. I was his secretary-general and he once said: I get all these reports and if I were to examine them all, more than half of the members of my NEC would be regarded as spies and it would divide the African National Congress. [Interjections.] You remember that. He added that it would even lead to people getting killed.
Let us be aware of wedge drivers. Let us be aware of people who want to spread poisonous messages amongst us. I can testify that I have never ever been a spy and I have never worked with the enemy. All I have ever done in my life is to have a commitment to the people of our country. That is all. [Applause.] That I have never done. [Applause.] Thank you.