Chairperson, as a collective, we in South Africa need to work together, using the processes of social dialogue to identify the roots of this and root out the exploitation of the people that do the work. We need to consider all South African workers as assets - assets not only to the organisation for which they work, but assets to the country. We need to prioritise their health and safety, their working conditions, their future education and their pensions. We need to put the workers' interests above our own interests, because it is the workers that do the work. Workers are the people that will build this country. Workers are more valuable than all the gold and platinum in the ground.
Chairperson, it is only through a collective, conscious decision by every South African that we can build a nonracist, nonsexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. It is only through a collective, conscious decision that we can improve the lives of the working class and the poor. I thank you. [Applause.]