Chairperson, hon Minister, hon members, comrades and friends, firstly, let me deal with certain issues before I get to my speech. Hon members, it is not correct to say the GCIS is propaganda of the ANC or of Luthuli House. No.
The GCIS is government communication not ANC communication. [Interjections.] Let me tell you. The ANC is currently in the process of establishing its own newspaper, because we need our own tools to communicate our programmes as the ANC not the GCIS. I just wanted to correct that. [Interjections.] However, that also tempted me to give you the background of the GCIS because some of us do not understand the GCIS.
Before doing that, let me also correct the perception that there is democracy in this country because there is the DA. That is not true. There was no democracy in this country before the ANC returned from exile. [Interjections.] It is the ANC that's protecting this democracy. It is the ANC that's entrenching this democracy. [Interjections.] Whether you want to accept that or not, that is the reality and you must accept it. [Interjections.]