... the people of South Africa went to the polls to vote for the party of their choice to govern South Africa. A total of 18 650 000 South Africans cast their votes, which represented 73,48% of registered voters. Of these, almost 11 437 million, or 62% of the voters, voted for the ANC - led by President Jacob Zuma - to govern South Africa; an overwhelming victory. [Applause.] [Interjections.]

The DA got just over 4 million votes - to be precise, 4 091 000. That amounted to 22,23% of the vote. [Interjections.] Before the 2014 elections, the DA confidently proclaimed that it expected to almost double its national vote to about 30%. The DA couldn't even reach 30%; it only got 22%. [Interjections.] So, if the hon Maimane wants to talk about no confidence, the voting public clearly had no confidence in the DA. [Interjections.] The mighty Agang, who brought the previous motion, only got 52 000 votes - 0,28%. The EFF, who make a lot of noise here and whose hon member Sonti is now describing Shangaans - one of the population groups of our country - as foreigners, got 1,169 million votes, or 6,35% of the vote.