The Ultimate Freedom to be remembered on Freedom Day

Today we are here at this memorial to honour the many people who fought for freedom. The many people who today are represented in more than one political party . We are here to remember the great right and the responsibility which we as South Africans have to vote. Because the right to vote is our ultimate freedom. It is our right to vote with secrecy. It is our right to not be intimidated when we vote.

Our hard fought for freedom was never about keeping one party in power for ever. That is what we had under Apartheid and that is what we need to prevent in our young democracy today. We fought for the right of people to have a choice. A choice to change the government when it fails to deliver. This right to change is true democracy. This is true Freedom.

We know who we are going to vote for. We are all proud to wear our blue T-Shirts. T- Shirts which have become very valuable in South Africa. Every one wants a DA Skipper. Are you proud of your Skipper?

Yes you are. You are proud because you know what this T-Shirt represents. You know that when you put this T-Shirt on you can look your family in the eye. You know that this blue beautiful T-Shirt says that we stand for a government which is open. A government which has proven its fight against corruption. The DA has shown that we know how to fight crime. The DA T-Shirt represents a government which has proven it can and will deliver services to all.

The DA and our T-Shirt represent a party who listens to the people. We do not make our decisions behind closed doors hundreds of kilometers away from our people.

Because we listen, the DA has visited all across our cities including here in Mamelodi and Phumolong close to here. Wherever we go we hear the same requests. We hear that we want a clean government. We hear we want streets. We hear that we want storm water drains, We hear that we need sewerage, We hear that we want electricity. We hear that we want water. We hear that our city must grow and attract business to Tshwane. These are some of our demands as residents of this city. These demands are also our constitutional rights. These are part of what we expected as a country when we fought for freedom.

After election day we will be the 3^rd largest city in the world by land size. This city needs a good government. That’s is what we promise you. A government which can run this city and which will listen to the residents.

So on the 18^th remember your ultimate right, the right to be free. The right to change what you do not like. Remember to go vote for the DA