Can we just get the time correct, please, Chair? I don't have just one minute! [Laughter.] Okay, I get some extra! Fine.
Afrikaans:
Agb Voorsitter, deur u ...
English:
Hon President, there is nothing wrong with having dreams. In fact, I do believe that real political leaders should have dreams. But then we must say to each other, it must be dreams to last forever. That's the difference.
Every time I delivered a speech from this podium in previous state of the nation addresses, congratulating the hon President on his election, I said that the FF Plus and its supporters want to build South Africa. We want to build a better future for all.
In your campaign, hon President, you said at Stellenbosch that you wish you could tie the white young people of South Africa to a tree, and prevent them from leaving South Africa. But did you
ever ask yourself why the white people and the young people of South Africa leave South Africa? It is because they can't find jobs. And they can't find jobs because of affirmative action.
You say that you want to use their skills and their expertise. The fact of the matter is that you cannot do so. Because of affirmative action, they have to go and seek jobs in other places of the world. And yes, the world reaps that expertise from the people and the young people of South Africa.
Still, you discriminate against the young white people of South Africa. Your own youth employment scheme ... white young people cannot participate in it, because they are white. If you go and look for instance what your secretary-general, Ace Magashule, says ... he is still blaming the white people of white monopoly capital. His argument is it is still because of the white people that we cannot have economic growth.
With great respect, that is a kick in the teeth of those people who really want to build South Africa.
Do you want to recognise them? Do you want to enslave the young people and the white young people of South Africa? Because, if you think you can enslave them, you are completely wrong.
If you look at your MEC for Education in Gauteng, always blaming Afrikaans schools for his own failures and using them as a smokescreen ... [Interjections.] ... instead of attending to the schools that are real problems.
Does the ANC have a problem with my mother tongue, Afrikaans? Because that is what Lesufi says. But I didn't see you repudiate him, hon President.
I said before, do away with black economic empowerment. [Interjections.] And can I say that I am supported in this by black academics like William Gumede? You know, during election time I put in some petrol in my car. The attendant said to me, I'm going to vote for you. And I asked him why. He said, you are quite correct. When it comes to black economic empowerment, it only favours the political elite.
I'd like to say that you would like to build the economy. But, how can you build the economy if you have a construction mafia stopping 74 construction projects, demanding a 30% shareholding in the company? How can you build the economy if more than 110 engineers in the construction business left South Africa because of these criminal elements?
I want to say to you today, if you don't curb these criminal activities, you will not be able to build the economy. More than 16 trucks burnt over a weekend! The people who keep the economy rolling, but they burn them and people lose their lives because of crime in South Africa.
You will have to ensure that, if you want the economy to grow, you curb the powers of the unions. You know, and everyone in South Africa knows, that when it comes to the state-owned enterprises, SOEs, you have to retrench people. But the unions come to you and the ANC and say to you, you will not do that. That is part of the problem. You will have to curb their powers. You will have to revise South Africa's labour laws.
I come to crime and I want to ask you, why is it so difficult to publicly condemn farm murders in South Africa? In South Africa we have black farmers, we have coloured farmers, we have Indian farmers, and we have white farmers. The food you had this morning when you had breakfast ... you must thank the farmers for it. Everybody who is going to have lunch must thank the farmers for it. [Interjections.]
Afrikaans:
Ek wil vir die agb President s, verlede jaar ongeveer hierdie tyd was daar aanvalle gewees op moskees - een in KwaZulu-Natal en een in Malmesbury. U tree onmiddelik op. U benoem onmidellik 'n presidensile komitee van die Ministers van Polisie, Verdediging en Justisie.
Ek wil vandag vir u s, 'n plaasmoord is nie net 'n moord op 'n individu nie.
English:
It's not only a crime against an individual; it is also a crime against a community. It is the women and children who pay the
price of a farm murder when they are tortured, when boiling water is poured down their throats, when hot irons are used to burn the women, when they force a 12-year-old girl to watch her mother being raped. That's torture. But still, you refuse to publicly condemn farm murders. [Interjections.] I appeal to you. It's simple. And I will say to you, hon President, I will invite you to a funeral of someone murdered on a farm, and you can invite me to any other funeral you wish.
Lastly, I want to say that there is one outstanding matter, and that is section 235 of the Constitution. It deals with self- determination. It also determines that national legislation has to determine what happens with section 235. There is an accord in place between the Freedom Front, the ANC and the government in 1994. I appeal to you that we meet, that we take this step forward to ensure that section 235 of the Constitution - which deals with self-determination - be taken forward.
Afrikaans:
Ek dink dit is die enigste artikel in the Grondwet wat bepaal dat nasionale wetgewing wel geskryf moet word wat nog nie
geskryf is nie. So, in daardie opsig het ons ook 'n grondwetlike verantwoordelikheid en plig.
Agb President, ek wil afsluit.
English:
Do you know that there is a song called The Green, Green Grass of Home? It's about this prisoner who sang that he wanted to touch the green, green grass of his home. And then he says, and when I awake and look around me, I was surrounded by four great walls. And yes, I then realised that I was only dreaming. Because he is a prisoner.
Hon President, you are a prisoner of the ANC. [Interjections.] Break away from that! Then you can save South Africa. Then you can save the economy. I thank you. [Interjections.]