Speaker, the MF realises the necessity of the SA Broadcasting Corporation, SABC, interim board, but we are concerned that multiparty wishes have not been taken into consideration.
Furthermore, we say South Africa is a rainbow nation and has a composite culture. Does the interim board reflect the composite cross-cultural nature of the South African society? It does not. This is why there is no sense telling the world, when the Prime Minister of India comes here, that you praise the various communities and say that certain minority communities have made contributions, but you ignore them when you are considering the composition of the SABC interim board. For this reason, the MF will abstain. [Applause.]