Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: M van Schalkwyk: Opening of Provincial Parliament address
OPENING OF THE PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT ADDRESS BY WESTERN CAPE PREMIER, MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK, IN CAPE TOWN, 9 February 2004
Choosing the Path of Unity for the World Class Province
Introduction
We have great cause for celebration. There has never been a better moment to be South African, and there is no better place to live in South Africa than right here in the Western Cape.
Akukho nto imnandi njengokuba ngummi waseMzantsi Afrika, kwaye akukho ndawo ibhetele yokuhlala eMzantsi Afrika ngaphezu kwalapha eNtshona Koloni.
Consider for a moment how far we have come, and how fast we have moved. Ten years is barely sufficient time for the maturation of a great wine, it is less time than it takes to educate a child, it represents one 80th of the age of the giant Outeniqua Yellowwood that towers above the Tsitsikamma Forest. Yet we have accomplished more to bring human dignity to millions in the first ten years of South African democracy than was accomplished in the ten decades that preceded them.
We have seen communities rejoined, hope restored and the creation of a new strength grounded in our determination to build our future together.
Die Wes-Kaap se krag l
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