Thank you, hon Speaker. Hon members, I greet you, all protocol observed.
Ons sal elke jaar hoor van dieselfde statistieke, probleme en uitdagings wat vroue in die gesig staar. Die rol wat vroue gespeel het in hierdie vryheid wat ons vandag geniet, moet nooit gering geag word nie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[Every year we will hear about the same statistics, problems and challenges confronting women. The role that women played in achieving the freedom that we are enjoying today should never be underestimated.]
Allow me to make a remark about what Julius Malema has just said at the University of Johannesburg. It is a shame for Julius Malema to insult a daughter of this soil and it is important for the ANC to reprimand him publically, because on this International Women's Day you can't insult a woman. [Interjections.]
Hierdie regering moet nie dink dat hulle vroue ? guns doen om hulle as Ministers en Adjunkministers aan te stel nie. [This government shouldn't think that they are doing women a favour by appointing them as Ministers and Deputy Ministers.]