Chair, the hon Joseph has just said what we in the ANC are saying. He has just confirmed that people have the freedom to move within their own country, but his own party leader doesn't see that. His own leader, the premier of the Western Cape, hon Helen Zille, does not see that. How confused they are in that party!
She and her party denied people their full rights as citizens of the Republic of South Africa. She tells them they do not have the right to choose where to move to or where to stay - for the information of the hon Joseph. They may not associate with whom they wish, as the Constitution guarantees. This is a huge infringement of their human rights. People moving or migrating around the world is an age-old trend. People are not planted in one place like trees. It is therefore important to recognise that people may move to or stay where they want to. [Interjections.]
It is even worse that Premier Helen Zille pointed fingers at the Eastern Cape education system to deflect attention from her real problem here in the Western Cape. It is the problem of inferior services and infrastructure, like buildings and equipment in the Western Cape education system. [Interjections.] It is the problem of elite schools of excellence against many township schools that do not get the same support. It is the denial of people's rights. It is denying learners a chance in life. It is the DA's double standard, where it preaches an open-opportunity society for all but does not give people in poor and black areas the same level of services as the mostly white areas. It is setting up those children for failure. This is a travesty ...