As u probeer het om my van stryk af te bring, het u glad nie daarin geslaag nie. [Tussenwerpsels.] Ja, dit kan u weer s.
Die feit van die saak is, en ek wil graag vir die Minister en sommer vir die President en almal, en spesifiek vir Jimmy Manyi s, dat hulle nie moet maak of die mense van Suid-Afrika kinders is nie. Mnr Manyi besluit nou - asof hy die ho priester van die oordrag van inligting is - wat vir die mense ges gaan word en wat nie vir die mense ges gaan word nie. Dit is mos totaal belaglik. Ons beweeg terug na die ou apartheidsera. Daar het die President of die Eerste Minister besluit wie wat mag s en wat ek mag weet. Ons beweeg in 'n totaal nuwe tegnologies kommunikatiewe era waar Facebook alle inligting beskikbaar het.
Mnr Manyi, ek is met u baie eerlik. Ek is 55 jaar oud en ek gaan beslis nie wag vir inligting wat jy besluit ek mag hoor of nie mag hoor nie. Die mense van Suid-Afrika is keelvol daarvoor. As u dit nie vir ons wil s nie, dan kyk ek maar na BBC World News of CCN of Russia Today en dan hoor ek in elk geval wat die inligting is. Ek kan ook ingaan op die Internet. Inligting is so beskikbaar dat dit nie eers meer snaaks is nie.
'n Ander saak wat baie belangrik is, is die beperking van inligting. Ek wil vir u eerlik s, Minister, dat die ANC gaan sukkel om hierdie ding deurgevoer te kry. Dit is absoluut drakonies om dit te probeer doen, want nou mag die mense nie weet wat hulle moet weet nie. Mnr Manyi, weet u hoe baklei 'n mens teen 10 ton papier en 100 gelling ink? Verskriklik moeilik. As die koerante in hul hoofartikels al die volgende begin skryf, "Die regering moet Manyi pos", dan is die skrif aan die muur. [Tusssenwerpsels.] (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr N J VAN DEN BERG: If you were trying to distract me, you haven't succeeded in the least. [Interjections.] Yes, you can say that again.
The fact of the matter is, and I would like to say to the Minister and, while I am about it, to the President and everyone, and specifically to Jimmy Manyi, that you shouldn't act like the people of South Africa are children. Mr Manyi has now decided - as if he is the high priest with regard to the transfer of information - what the people will be told and what people will not be told. Of course, this is totally ridiculous. We are reverting back to the old apartheid era. Then, the President or Prime Minister decided who may say what and what I should know. We are operating in a totally new technologically communicative era where all kinds of information are available on Facebook.
Mr Manyi, I am being very honest with you. I am 55 years old and I will definitely not wait for information that you have decided I may hear or may not hear. The people of South Africa are fed up with this. If you do not want to tell us, then I will simply watch BBC World News or CNN or Russia Today and then I will hear the information anyway. I can also go onto the Internet. Information is available to such an extent that it is ridiculous.
Another matter which is extremely important is the restrictions on information. Frankly, I want to say to you, Minister, that the ANC is going to have an uphill battle to get this thing through. It is absolutely draconian to even attempt this, because now people will not be allowed access to information which they should have access to. Mr Manyi, do you know how one would fight against 10 tons of paper and 100 gallons of ink? With great difficulty. When newspapers are already starting to write the following in their editorials, "The government should drop Manyi", then the writing is on the wall. [Interjections.]]