Hon Speaker, I stand here before you a very proud South African. Indeed our Springboks have made us proud and I think we should all rally behind them.
Hon Speaker, we must admit that the odds were against the Springboks; many countries had written us off before the world cup.
I must also admit that I know nothing about rugby other than it's a game of bashing each other. But yes indeed this was the one time I watched, and for 80 minutes I was not willing to get off my seat - supporting the Springboks. I think 57 million people rallied behind our Springboks and we need to be proud of that.
Yes, I think hon Ndlozi is correct when he says: "Black people you are on your own" because, hon Ndlozi, the clothes you wear come from white companies, the car that he drives come from white companies, the money that he steals come from the poorest from VBS bank - the community's pension money. [Interjections.] So, yes indeed the blacks are on their own. There is no doubt about that.
The one thing that we all forgot on this day was hatred. We forgot about race and gender and we all came together as a united South Africa standing together behind our people. [Applause.]
Let me remind hon Ndlozi, behind the very successful captain that you are talking about, let me give you the name of Hilton and Kendra Houghton. Yes, indeed they are whites that believed in him, identified him and worked with him into making him the leader he is today.
Let me also tell you that Paul van der Burg and Rassie Erasmus also played roles in the success of our captain and the Springboks team. Let us leave race out of this but celebrate a victory as one united nation. [Applause.]
We have seen this is the previous Rugby World Cup; in the Cricket World Cup and the African Cup of Nations how our success has united us all as South Africans. Let us take advantage of that and let us go forward with the difficulties and the differences we have.
There is an opportunity by these sports men and women of ours, not forgetting the South African net ball team who can unite us and bring us into one nation with one purpose which is to create a better life for all of us.
Congratulations to the Springboks, the entire team, to their families and their friends in the role they had played in the success of Springboks and making us South Africans proud. Thank you. [Applause.]