Mr Speaker, thank you very much. Hon President and Deputy President of the country, president and deputy president of the ANC, hon members, I accept this nomination with humility. I thank my organisation, the ANC, for having the confidence in me that I can do this job. I promise that, together with the Speaker, we will do our utmost and not disappoint the expectations of this House.
I am looking forward to working with all parties to make this House what our voters expect it to be. My role is definitely to assist the Speaker, and I will use all my experience and knowledge to do exactly that. [Applause.]