Chairperson, firstly, I would like to start by mentioning a date which is very important to the history of this country. That date is 8 January 1912. On this date a child was born. He or she is currently a man or a woman, whatever you want to call him or her, in the process of making history in this country.
Secondly, I want to say that the New Growth Path is not just a document out of the blue; it is a product of this history. It was on 15 January 1953 that the then president of the ANC in the Cape, Prof Z K Matthews, mooted the idea of the Congress of the People while addressing a Cape provincial conference of the ANC.